Student perceptions of technology and implications for an empowering curriculum |
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Authors: | Dr Janet Burns |
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Institution: | (1) Faculty of Education, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand |
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Abstract: | Growing interest in technology education in 1988 led the Curriculum Development Division of the then New Zealand Department
of Education to seek a survey of students' perceptions of technology using the internationally trialled Pupils' Attitudes
Towards Technology (PATT) questionnaire. Early in 1989 a national sample of 1,469 form 3 students completed the questionnaire
and responded to an open question about the nature of technology. Results indicated that students have generally positive
attitudes towards technology, but poor concepts of technology. The nature of these attitudes and concepts and related factors
have implications for the development of the National Curriculum Statement in Technology.
Specializations: science and technology education, gender |
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