Bringing technology education into K-8 classrooms : a guide to curricular resources about the designed world /
Britton, Edward
Bringing technology education into K-8 classrooms : a guide to curricular resources about the designed world / Edward Britton. - Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin Press : ITEA NSTA Press : WestEd, 2005. - xiv, 302 p.: ill. 28 cm.
Includes bibliographic references
What this book can do for you -- PART I: REVIEWING CURRICULUM MATERIALS IN TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION: The importance of technology education -- Encouraging collaboration between science and technology education -- How to understand and use the curriculum reviews -- PART II: COMPARING CURRICULAR MATERIALS: WHAT MATTERS MOST: Content: standards-based or standards-referenced -- Quality of student activities -- Teacher support, assessment, and other pedagogical features -- PART III: REVIEWS, ANALYSES, AND SAMPLES OF INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTS: Core technology products -- Cross-curricular products --Supplemental products -- Web sites and other informal resources -- Appendix A: More benchmark-level analyses -- Appendix B: A little more about methods.
"This guide is the first independent review of curriculum materials for technology. In Bringing Technology Education Into K-8 Classrooms, authors Edward Britton, Bo De Long-Cotty, and Toby Levenson provide a practical guide to the latest technology textbooks and integrated resources (including technology and supplementary resources) and descriptions of more than 100 informal resources. The guide fully describes the
English
1-4129-1465-5
Technical education
Technology--Study and teaching (Elementary)
372.358 B77b
Bringing technology education into K-8 classrooms : a guide to curricular resources about the designed world / Edward Britton. - Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin Press : ITEA NSTA Press : WestEd, 2005. - xiv, 302 p.: ill. 28 cm.
Includes bibliographic references
What this book can do for you -- PART I: REVIEWING CURRICULUM MATERIALS IN TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION: The importance of technology education -- Encouraging collaboration between science and technology education -- How to understand and use the curriculum reviews -- PART II: COMPARING CURRICULAR MATERIALS: WHAT MATTERS MOST: Content: standards-based or standards-referenced -- Quality of student activities -- Teacher support, assessment, and other pedagogical features -- PART III: REVIEWS, ANALYSES, AND SAMPLES OF INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTS: Core technology products -- Cross-curricular products --Supplemental products -- Web sites and other informal resources -- Appendix A: More benchmark-level analyses -- Appendix B: A little more about methods.
"This guide is the first independent review of curriculum materials for technology. In Bringing Technology Education Into K-8 Classrooms, authors Edward Britton, Bo De Long-Cotty, and Toby Levenson provide a practical guide to the latest technology textbooks and integrated resources (including technology and supplementary resources) and descriptions of more than 100 informal resources. The guide fully describes the
English
1-4129-1465-5
Technical education
Technology--Study and teaching (Elementary)
372.358 B77b