Technologies Education for the Primary Years, 2nd Edition | AU/NZ

Peter Albion, Coral Campbell, Wendy Jobling

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Overview

Technologies Education for the Primary Years is a reader-friendly text which provides teachers with knowledge and understanding of the Australian Curriculum: Technologies. Coverage of both Design and technologies and Digital technologies subject areas provides readers with the core knowledge needed to implement them in a primary classroom and is supported by numerous practical examples.

The practical focus of this second edition expands on early years coverage especially, with examples of implementation in the early years and beyond. This edition also integrates broader curriculum areas such as STEM to better connect with other Key Learning Areas.

Instructor resources include companion website with PowerPoints, artwork from the text, sample design briefs and activities.

Meet the Authors

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Peter Albion

Peter Albion is Emeritus Professor of Educational Technology in the School of Teacher Education and Early Childhood at the University of Southern Queensland. He was Editor in Chief of the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education from 2012 to 2015 and was a Section Editor for Professional Learning and Development of Teachers in the Second Handbook of Information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education. His research interests have included professional development of teachers for ICT integration, and the design and delivery of flexible, mobile and online education.

Coral Campbell

Coral Campbell is a Professor with the School of Education, Deakin University. Coral’s research interests are in design technology, early childhood and primary science, and environmental education. She is on the review panels for several international journals and is on the Board of Directors of the Australasian Science Education Research Association. Coral works closely with local school communities to promote experiential learning for her education students and has gained several teaching awards.

Wendy Jobling

Wendy Jobling is a Lecturer in Technologies Education and Science Education at Deakin University. Before joining Deakin, Wendy taught in primary schools for a number of years and delivered several technology professional learning programs to primary teachers. Her doctorate focused on factors affecting the implementation of primary science and technology in primary schools. She has drawn on these experiences in developing this text, particularly the repertoire of classroom examples from her teaching in primary schools.

What's New

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Expanded practical focus in training for primary teachers - across all years - including increased coverage of the early years, with 'In the classroom' examples, activities boxes and sample design briefs that help focus teacher thinking
NEW stronger and clearer structure to facilitate pre-service teacher understanding of the Technologies content area (now Part B) with a strong background in digital technologies
NEW STEM icons guide students to coverage on how Technologies education integrates with STEM and other curriculum areas
NEW margin definitions of key terms help students to build on their understanding of technologies terminology
Updated to include New Zealand curriculum, references and examples

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Readers explore the 'In the classroom' examples to see how the Technologies learning area concepts are implemented in classrooms, and consider practical ideas to adopt or adapt for their own teaching
Activities within each chapter provide opportunities for pre-service teachers to check their understanding of important concepts and how to apply them
Provides readers with a sound understanding of the theory and practice of technologies education across all year levels of primary teaching
Covers the essential content that teachers will need to understand and implement the Australian Curriculum: Technologies
Readers revise, reflect and extend their learning by exploring the prompts for further investigation and discussion at the end of each chapter
Instructor Website - Your #1 resource for your course. This tailored collection of teaching tools includes downloadable PowerPoint lecture slides, Instructor's Manual, and artwork. New to this edition are resources to share with your students such as sample design briefs and other student activities. The Instructor's Manual is packed with content that helps you set up and administer your class. Log in or request an account to access instructor resources at au.cengage.com/instructor/account for Australia or nz.cengage.com/instructor/account for New Zealand.

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Part A: The context of technologies education
1. What is technology?
2. Perspectives on technology
3. The changing face of technologies education
4. Technologies education curriculum

Part B: Content area knowledge
5. Understanding Design and technologies
6. Understanding the Digital technologies subject

Part C: Key concepts and elements in teaching technologies
7. Creativity, innovation and the design process
8. Pedagogies and planning for technologies education
9. Assessment for technologies education
10. Resources for technologies education