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Working Technologically: Investigations into How Young Children Design and Make During Technology Education

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Technology education in the early years in Australia is a newly defined curriculum area. A growing amount of resource development has occurred to support technology teaching in schools. However, only a limited amount of research into technology education for children aged three to eight years has taken place. This paper presents the findings of a pilot study which investigated the planning, making and evaluating activities of children when engaged in technology education whilst in childcare. In particular, young children's ability to design, and then use their design for making was examined.

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Fleer, M. Working Technologically: Investigations into How Young Children Design and Make During Technology Education. International Journal of Technology and Design Education 10, 43–59 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008923410441

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