International Handbook of Primary Technology Education

Part A. Country Studies

1. Twenty Years of Primary Design and Technology in England
Clare Benson

2. Primary Technological Education for All in France
Marjolaine Chatoney, Jacques Ginestié

3. Technology in the Primary Sector in New Zealand
Vicki Compton

4. Technology in the Scottish Primary School
Wendy J Dow

5. Technology in Malaysian Primary Schools
Gill Hope, Zanariah Mahyun Yusef, Ramachandran Vengrasalam

6. Caught in the Currents - the Shaping of Primary Technology Education in Australia
Steve Keirl

7. The Growth of Primary Design and Technology Teacher Education in South Australia
Steve Keirl, Denise Macgregor

8. Primary Technology Education in New Zealand
Gary O’Sullivan

9. Technology Education in Finnish Comprehensive Schools
Aki Rasinen, Pasi Ikonen, Timo Rissanen

10. The Implementation of Primary Technology Education in South Africa
Andrew Stevens, Kate Ter Morshuizen

Part B. Issues Within Design and Technology Education

11. Nuffield Primary Design & Technology – A Brief History
David Barlex

12. Designerly Thinking in the Foundation Stage
Clare Benson, Tara Treleven

13. Technological Education
Pascale Brandt-Pomares

14. In Search of A Pedagogy for Primary Design and Technology
Alan Cross

15. The Rise of Technological Literacy in Primary Education
John R Dakers

16. Autophotography
Wendy Fox-Turnbull

17. Exciting Electrics – the Starting Point Approach to Design and Technology in Action
Keith Good, Esa-Matti Järvinen

18. Taking Ideas on a Journey
Gill Hope

19. Primary Design and Technology Education and Ethical Technological Literacy
Steve Keirl

20. Research into Primary-Aged Children’s Designing
Julie Lunt

21. Technology Education and Education for Enterprise (E4E)
Gary O’Sullivan

22. Embedding Education for Sustainable Development in Primary Design and Technology Education
Maggie Rogers

23. Perceptions of Primary Design and Technology
Marion Rutland, Martin Seidel, Sally Aston, Dot Jackson, Debbie Haffenden, Bhav Prajapat, Gill Hope, Maggie Rogers

24. Indigenous Technology and Culture
Sonja Vandeleur, Marc Schäfer

Avainsanat: Education, Educational Technology