Addresses teachers concern about teaching drawing and the role of graphicacy based on the lack of research about the process by which children develop drawing capability and the effects of school culture and pedagogy on the development of childrens' drawing capability. Outlines a research agenda for the teaching and learning of drawing in primary…

A study of 261 New Zealand students (ages 6-15) investigating technological capability in undertaking technological problem-solving tasks determined that focus on end-product precluded students from fully considering processes to solve problems, that technological approaches were influenced by classroom culture, and that existing concepts of…

Reviews the standing of value judgments in design and technology education in Scotland; predicts the impact of implementing the National Guidelines for 5-14 Environmental Studies Technology framework on student learning; highlights consequences for teacher education: developing critical awareness, acquiring and assessing information, and…

To determine the extent to which tension between learning knowledge/skills and processes/understanding influenced practice and assessment in design and technology departments, this study analyzed surveys of department heads, teacher tutor reports, and student self-reflective reports. Suggests that a disjunction between policy and practice results…

Presents examples that recognize young children's technological prowess and support the case for including two significant curriculum perspectives: an intellectual-processes perspective and a social-expression perspective. Contains 34 references. (Author/PVD)

Identifies two frameworks that limit teachers' vision: (1) a transmission perspective on learning; and (2) a limiting conception of and anxious approach to technology. This study helped teachers break free of these restraints by providing an opportunity to become learners in a technological context based on developmentalist views of teaching and…