This handbook for teachers is made up of 28 separate chapters that have been divided into three different parts and seven sections. There are also two forwards, a preface, an introduction and an epilogue. It has been complied by Ai-Girl…

The fact of global climate change is, famously, contested but, as the scientific evidence has accumulated, a broad consensus has emerged that warming of the earth is indeed happening and that this is anthropogenic. Now the main debate (we will…

In recent weeks I have been forced to think a bit about right and wrong...not in the sense of good and bad but rather in the sense of accurate and inaccurate. When I was at school, my metal-work teacher very…

This study examines whether MidYIS and YELLIS cognitive ability tests (CATs) are appropriate methods for the identification of giftedness in Design and Technology. A key rationale for the study was whether CATs and able to identify those students with the…

Technology education in Irish post-primary schools is undergoing significant change. In recent years the syllabi of all technology-related subjects have been revised. A new subject, Design and Communication Graphics, has replaced the traditional Technical Drawing subject. This new subject aims…

This paper reviews literature on constructivist learning theories relevant to and evident in teacher education in a New Zealand university. These theories are illustrated within an authentic technology education context which involves students from a primary teacher-education degree programme. It…

The preface to this intriguing book begins as follows:
'Until recently, human creativity had been treated as a mysterious process of brain activity, since we had neither the tools to measure brain activity precisely nor the theories to analyse…

It's and uncertain time for advocates of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) as a construct for thinking about the curriculum - at least it is in the UK. We have a coalition Government whose education policies seem firmly focused…

The paper is in four parts. Part 1 considers the justification
for including design and technology in the school
curriculum. Part 2 suggests the content for the subject at
Key Stage 3. Part 3 describes some of the ways the

This paper explores the attitude to Mathematics of B.Ed.
(Post-primary) Technology and Design student teachers, in
Northern Ireland, and is located within the context of
‘STEM’ (Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics). The aim of the research is to consider
whether…