Indicators of Progression in Technology
Components of Technological Practice
Level Two |
Supporting Learning Environment |
Teacher:
- Establishes an environment that encourages and supports student innovation.
- Establishes the need or opportunity and defines the conceptual statement through negotiation with the students.
- Guides students to identify attributes for an appropriate outcome.
- Structures students’ Technological Practice through a series of linked learning experiences (both pre-planned and responsive) to provide opportunity for knowledge and skill development, and encourage student trialing and refinement of skills and understandings.
- Provides a selection of resources, to support students to develop their outcome.
- Provides students with an overview of the key stages they will undertake during their Technological Practice.
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Brief Development |
Planning for practice |
Outcome Development & Evaluation |
Achievement Objectives
- Explain the outcome they are developing and describe the attributes it should have, taking account of the need or opportunity and the resources available.
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Achievement Objectives
- Develop a plan that identifies the key stages and the resources available.
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Achievement Objectives
- Investigate a context to develop potential outcomes. Evaluate these against identified attributes; select and develop an outcome. Evaluate the outcome in terms of the need/opportunity.
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Indicators
- Explain the outcome they are going to produce.
- Describe attributes for their outcome that reflect the need or opportunity to be addressed, and their developing skills and knowledge.
- Describe attributes that allow them and their teacher to evaluate their outcome.
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Indicators
- Identify and record (in a way others can interact with) the next key stages, explaining their role to complete their outcome.
- Identify the resources that would be suitable to complete their outcome.
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Indicators
- Develop (through research, discussion etc.) conceptual ideas that communicate possible outcomes.
- Evaluate possible outcomes in terms of identified attributes and select an outcome to develop.
- Trial materials for the production of an outcome.
- Develop an outcome in keeping with the identified need or opportunity.
- Evaluate their final outcome in terms of how it addresses the need or opportunity.
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The Indicators of Progression for the components of Technological Practice can be used to guide and support formative and summative assessment, and provide a basis for reporting purposes.
These are based on the work of Compton and Harwood. For details of the research underpinning these components please refer to Compton, V.J. and Harwood, C.D. (2005) 'Progression in Technology Education in New Zealand: Components of practice as a way forward.' International Journal of Design and Technology Education. Vol 15, #3, 253-287.
