Intro; Preface; Contents; Contributors; About the Editors and Contributors; Editors; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction; Curriculum Content; Stories of Technology; Planning and Pedagogy; Cognition; Girls and Technology; Information Technology; Part I: Curriculum Content; Chapter 2: Technology Education in Saudi Arabia in Comparison with New Zealand: Lessons for Technology Education Teachers; The Questions I Asked and Why I Think They Are Important; How I Tried to Answer the Questions; What I Found; Findings from the Documentary Analysis; Findings from Classroom Observations

Findings from InterviewsHow This Might Be Used to Improve Teaching and Learning; Curriculum Planning; Identifying the Relationship Between Science and Technology Education; Fundamental Components of Teaching and Learning in Technology Classroom; What Else Would Be Good to Know, and How Can Teachers Find Out?; References; Chapter 3: The Localisation of Technology Education Curriculum in Botswana; The Questions Asked and Why They Are Important; Formulation of Research Questions; The Design of the Study and Data Collection Methods; Exploration of Relevant Literature

Exploration of Change Management Literature in BotswanaExploration of Change Management Literature Review; Changes to the New D & T Curriculum; A Comparison of the Cambridge D & T Curriculum with the BGCSE; How This Might Be Used to Improve Teaching and Learning?; Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: What Children Are Supposed to Learn in Primary Technology Education; The Questions I Asked and Why They Are Important; How I Tried to Answer the Questions; What I Found Out; Knowing to Evaluate the Fitness for Purpose of Technical Solutions; How to Construct a Linkage Mechanism

Identified Technical Knowing in the Primary Technology ClassroomHow This Might Be Used to Improve Teaching and Learning; What Else Could Be Good to Know, and How Could Teachers Find Out?; References; Chapter 5: Secondary Pupils' Perceptions of Their Experiences of Practical Work in Technology and Design; The Questions I Asked and Why They Are Important; How I Tried to Answer the Questions; Routine School-Based Practical Activities: A Summary of the Findings; School-Based Practical Activities with an Industrial Connection: A Summary of the Findings

How This Might Be Used to Improve Teaching and LearningAppendices; Appendix 1; Interview Schedule One; Appendix 2; Interview Schedule Two; Appendix 3; Interview Schedule for the Heads of Departments; Appendix 4; Interview Schedule for Industrialists; References; Part II: Stories of Technology; Chapter 6: Technology Landscapes in Children's Literature; The Questions I Asked and Why They Are Important; How I Tried to Answer the Questions; What I Discovered; Technology as a Metaphor or Analogy; Technology as Anthropomorphic; Technology as Autonomous