Gender-inclusive technology materials for the primary school: A case study in curriculum development |
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| Authors: | Dr Adrianne Kinnear Dr David Treagust Dr Leonie Rennie |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Science, Edith Cowan University, 6018 Churchlands, W.A.;(2) Science and Mathematics Education Centre, Curtin University of Technology, 6102 Bentley, W.A. |
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| Abstract: | This paper describes how an idea for technology education materials developed into a process for producing unique curriculum
modules for teaching technology in a gender-inclusive way to primary children. Using a case-study format, the paper describes
the interaction between participants, the sequential evolution of the materials themselves and the degree to which success
was achieved in terms of the original goals. The study demonstrates how an awareness of gender bias needs to be a feature
from the earliest stages of curriculum development, through to the trialling and modification stages. The curriculum materials
were a product of effective cooperation between teachers, science educators and community representatives. They utilise a
“process” approach to the teaching of technology and in this presentation, we demonstrate how this same approach is a useful
framework for describing this particular curriculum development.
Specializations: primary science and technology education, gender issues.
Specializations: diagnosis of student learning and teaching for conceptual change, technology education, curriculum evaluation.
Specializations: affective aspects of science and technology education, gender issues. |
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