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Towards a pre-service technology teacher education resource for New Zealand

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The Pre-service Technology Teacher Education Resource (PTTER) was developed as a cross-institutional resource to support the development of initial technology teacher education programmes in New Zealand. The PTTER was developed through collaboration involving representatives from each of the six New Zealand university teacher education providers, Massey University, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury, University of Otago, Victoria University and University of Waikato, working with the National Technology Professional Development Manager. The framework for PTTER is built on four key elements considered to be essential to the education of technology teachers. The four elements are: philosophy of technology, rationale for technology education, technology in the New Zealand curriculum, and teaching technology. The PTTER is a web-based resource aimed at assisting technology teacher educators in the development of their teacher education programmes. The framework is a statement of shared philosophy, purpose and intent and is located on the Techlink website (www.techlink.org.nz). PTTER contains a range of teaching resources and strategies located within an overall framework for initial technology teacher education programmes. This paper describes the rationale for the PTTER framework, the process through which it was developed, explanation of each of the framework’s elements, and concludes with discussion of the framework’s implementation and future development.

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Acknowledgments

We wish to acknowledge the New Zealand Ministry of Education for its funding that provided the opportunity to develop the PTTER. We also thank our respective institutions for supporting our involvement in this development.

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  1. The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Michael Forret

  2. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Wendy Fox-Turnbull

  3. Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand

    Bruce Granshaw

  4. National Technology Professional Development Manager, Wellington, New Zealand

    Cliff Harwood

  5. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

    Angela Miller

  6. Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand

    Gary O’Sullivan

  7. University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Moira Patterson

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Forret, M., Fox-Turnbull, W., Granshaw, B. et al. Towards a pre-service technology teacher education resource for New Zealand. Int J Technol Des Educ 23, 473–487 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-011-9199-8

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