Conference
DATTA Australia
National Conference 2012
at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Explorations of best practice in Technology, Design
&
Engineering Education
December 5th to 8th, 2012
The latest program is HERE
Day 2: Thursday 6 December TERC DATTA INTAD 2012
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8.15 9.00 |
Registration and welcome coffee |
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9.15 9.30 |
Official Welcome: Associate Professor Howard Middleton, Conference Director, Griffith Institute for Educational Research & Industrial Technology & Design Association, Queensland Norfolk Room |
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9.30 10.30 |
Keynote Address: Pedagogical Content Knowledge: What does it mean for teachers? Presented by: Associate Professor P John Williams, Waikato University Room: Norfolk Room |
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10.30. 11.00 |
Morning Tea |
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Norfolk |
Kauri |
Cypress |
Acacia |
Boronia |
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11.00 11.45 |
Negotiating the Vacuum: Constructing and Applying Assessment Criteria to Focus Design Learning |
Integrating technology and science– an opportunity missed |
Good practices in technology education; an EU glimpse |
Futures thinking through Design & Technology |
Design & Technology in England |
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Larry Spry |
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11.50 12.35 |
Developing flexible, adaptable and self-regulated learners in the technology classroom? |
Culture in the technologies curriculum: Learning from aboriginal Australia for creating preferred futures |
Exploring the what and why questions in technology education research and research training |
Understanding the elements and principles of design
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To deny art is to deny Leonardo |
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Nigel Goodwin |
Helen Klieve & Howard Middleton |
Andrew Rockliff |
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1.40 2.25 |
Engaging trainee teachers of science and design & technology in cross curricula collaboration – a case study |
Evaluation of Master’s Program in Technology Education at Moi University in Kenya |
Changing the emphasis of learning through making in Technology education |
Sustainable Design – can students ‘think it, do it’?
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Technology Education in Finland
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Jill Livett |
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2.30 3.15 |
Integrating Web-based Resources in Technology Education |
Generic green skills: Can they be addressed through technology education? |
Use of video-clip examples to interview Japanese special education teachers about their teaching strategies |
Construction, Gateway to Industry Schools Program |
Supercapacitors – future batteries
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Jenny Mangan, Mike Foret & Cathy Buntting |
Margarita Pavlova |
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3.15 3.45 |
Afternoon Tea |
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3.45 4.30 |
Affective imagination in design and technology |
Supporting student learning in relation to entrepreneurial innovation in self-initiated industrial design major projects |
Using an ipad-presented social story to increase on-task behaviours of a young child with autism |
Technology Education in New Zealand |
Developing assessment matrixes |
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Marilyn Fleer |
Roderick Walden & Vasilije Kokotovich |
Julianne Vandermeer, Todd Milford, Wendi Beamish & Wayne Lang |
Vicki Compton |
Gayle Jenkins |
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4.20 5.15 |
Engineering education through gaming. Peter Thompson & Stephen Clayton |
Gender and Technology Education: some theoretical implications. Vicki Knopke |
The Australian Curriculum: Technologies (Norfolk Room) Julie King |
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Day 3: Friday 7 December TERC DATTA INTAD 2012
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8.15 8.45 |
Registration and welcome coffee |
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9.00 10.00 |
Keynote Address: What Constitutes Good Learning In Technology Education: How can we ensure that technology education graduates can provide it? Presented by: Professor Stephanie Atkinson, University of Sunderland Room: Norfolk |
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10.00. 10.30 |
Morning Tea |
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Norfolk |
Kauri |
Cypress |
Acacia |
Boronia |
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10.30 11.15 |
Conformity or diversity: developing creativity in Design and Technology in the Early Years |
Developmental Issues for the Improved Delivery of Technology Education |
The Value of Mentoring: A Strategy for Beginning Design and Technology Teacher Retention |
Maryborough Technology Challenge |
Incorporating ICT’s into traditional workshop activities |
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Clare Bensen |
Denise MacGregor |
Matthew Martin |
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11.20 12.05 |
TPCK: what happens when the ‘T’ is also the ‘C’ |
Teacher professional growth in planning and teaching technological systems |
GPS-Performance in Technology Education Part II |
Helicar: A Dynamic CAD/CAM Design Project
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Introduction/overview of the revised Graphics syllabus in Queensland |
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Lincoln Gill |
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12.10 12.55 |
Technology teachers as researchers: The TUFF experience |
Development of instructional material on Engineers’ Moral Education for high school students: Introducing “Science and Technology Communication” as the setting |
Trends and Challenges in Technology and Innovation in Kenya: An analysis of final year students’ Projects |
Questacon Technology Learning Centre: A new venture |
Critical and creative thinking in Design and Technology
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Inga-Britt Skogh & Lena Gumaelius |
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1.00 2.00 |
Lunch |
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2.00 2.45 |
Technology Clustering Issues: Understanding Problems in Prediction
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The Significance of Early Childhood Teachers’ Conscious Awareness of Technology: Australian and Singaporean perspectives |
Controls behind the scenes: On position, ideology, and expectations |
Industry Display |
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Vasilije Kokotovich |
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2.45 3.15 |
Afternoon Tea |
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3.20 4.05 |
Design problems, satisficing solutions, and the designer as formalizing agent |
The Development of an Educational Compact Computer for Programming Learning |
Developing a framework for training design and technology teachers |
Skylap: An Aeronautical Engineering Design Project
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An introduction and overview of the revised Queensland Technology Studies Syllabus |
Day 4: Saturday 8 December TERC DATTA INTAD 2012
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8.15 8.45 |
Registration and welcome coffee Keynote Address: Investigating Integrative STEM Education as Best Practice Presented by: Professor Mark Sanders, Virginia Tech University Room: Norfolk |
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9.00 10.00 |
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10.00. 10.30 |
Morning Tea |
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Norfolk |
Kauri |
Cypress |
Acacia |
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10.30 11.15 |
Student Understanding of the Relationship between Fitness for Purpose and Good Design: Does it matter for technological literacy? |
What learning currently takes place in food technology examination courses for pupils aged 16 years in England? |
Analysis of a program to promote design education in rural Queensland secondary schools |
Introducing STEM into effective classroom practice |
Technology Education in the USA |
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11.20 12.05 |
“The Technologies” curriculum area as is manifested within Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
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STEAM Program Development for Technology Teacher at Middle School Level in Korea |
Some thoughts on the diseconomy of the NSW technology education curriculum |
ICT as a tool in Design & Technology teaching and learning |
Technology Education: Made in Sweden
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John Barlow |
Eva Hartell & Inga-Britt Skogh |
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Lunch |
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1.15 2.00 |
TBA |
Virtual Lesson Game for Teachers to Improve Lessons in Information Studies |
E-portfolios and the assessment of student learning in collaborative group technology projects
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Skateboard workshop |
TBA
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Justin Elliott |
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2.05 2.45 |
HOD - Special Interest group meeting Convenor TBA |
Curriculum advisors - Special Interest group meeting Convenor TBA |
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3.15 3.45 |
Details of TERC & DATTA 2014 & Farewell |
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