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Kola, Malose; Rauscher, Willem; Haupt, Grietjie – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2019
The South African Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement for Technology stipulates that Technology should provide learners with the opportunity to solve authentic problems that are embedded in real-life experiences. Solving these authentic technological problems requires learners to use critical thinking skills and teachers are expected to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Technology Education, Secondary School Students
Rauscher, Willem – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2016
Technology teachers should have a sound understanding and knowledge of artefacts in order to assist learners in the designing, making and evaluating of artefacts. Unfortunately, technology teachers in South African schools seem to have a poor grasp of the complexity of this important part of knowledge that is specific to technology. As a result,…
Descriptors: Models, Foreign Countries, Technology Education, Technology
Rauscher, Willem – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2012
Project-based learning (PBL) is the recommended approach for teaching technology in South Africa. The implementation of this approach, however, is problematic since the vast majority of technology teachers are not formally trained in technology education. Consequently, many of these teachers rely on technology textbooks for guidance. Therefore,…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Textbook Content
Rauscher, Willem – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2010
Technology is often perceived simplistically as applied science, and therefore regarded as inferior to science. Scholars of technology, however, reject the view that technology is applied science and insist that technology is a cognitive system consisting of a separate body of technological knowledge. Although science is acknowledged as an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Technology Education, Learning Activities