Curriculum Matters 3 : 2007

This article provides a brief review of the entry of technology education into New Zealand schools. It outlines the nature of technological literacy underpinning the 1995 technology curriculum and indicates how this has manifested itself in student achievement after 10 years of implementation. The article then discusses how the technology curriculum revision process sought to respond to early implementation findings, and in particular the key role of leading New Zealand technologists in this… Read more

The implementation of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) has posed a challenge for curriculum leaders and teachers in all learning areas. These challenges have been particularly acute for technology departments because of the need for teachers from a range of subject areas to develop coherent, schoolwide technology programmes that ensure a range of opportunities for student achievement in technology education. This paper is based on research carried out in 2002 and… Read more