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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Towards a Pre-Service Technology Teacher Education Resource for New Zealand
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Forret, Michael; Fox-Turnbull, Wendy; Granshaw, Bruce; Harwood, Cliff; Miller, Angela; O'Sullivan, Gary; Patterson, Moira – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2013
The Pre-service Technology Teacher Education Resource (PTTER) was developed as a cross-institutional resource to support the development of initial technology teacher education programmes in New Zealand. The PTTER was developed through collaboration involving representatives from each of the six New Zealand university teacher education providers,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Technology Education, Educational Resources, Educational Objectives
Supporting Conceptual Understandings of and Pedagogical Practice in Technology through a Website in New Zealand
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Fox-Turnbull, Wendy; O'Sullivan, Gary – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2013
This article reports on the up-date and development of an on-line resource to support of teachers' conceptual understandings and pedagogical practice in New Zealand. Techlink is a website dedicated to supporting technology teachers, students and those with an interest in technology education. This research documents part of a Ministry of Education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Technology Education, Educational Change
Using the DEPTH Model to Facilitate Learning in an Integrated Science and Technology Pre-Service Primary Teacher Course
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O'Sullivan, Gary – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2008
The paper describes the development of an Integrated Curriculum Science and Technology subject offering as part of the Bachelor of Education (Teaching) degree for primary pre-service teachers at Massey University in New Zealand. The paper discusses some of the difficulties and concerns which arise when pursuing this type of endeavour. This paper…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Problem Based Learning, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
DEPTH -- Developing Professional Thinking for Technology Teachers: An International Study
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Banks, Frank; Barlex, David; Jarvinen, Esa-Matti; O'Sullivan, Gary; Owen-Jackson, Gwyneth; Rutland, Marion – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2004
The tools to help teachers reflect on their professional knowledge are few in number, and often difficult to utilise. This paper reports on a study conducted with both primary and secondary technology initial teacher education students in a number of different countries who were given the same teacher-knowledge graphical framework as a tool to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Technology Education, Industrial Arts Teachers