Technology Lecturer Turned Technology Teacher
Kerry Lee
University of Auckland
This case study outlines a program developed by a group of 6 teachers’ college lecturers who
volunteered to provide a technology program to year 7 & 8 children (11- and 12-year-olds) for a
year. This involved teaching technology once a week. As technology education was a new
curriculum area when first introduced to the college, few lecturers had classroom experience of
teaching this new subject. Although the lecturers had sound personal constructs of technology
education and lectured in the area of technology education, teaching this age group for this extended
period was a new experience for all. The lecturers’ honest evaluations document the difficulties and
emotional times they encountered as they tried to implement the technology curriculum.