Abstract:
What technological knowledge do pre service student teachers need to be able to teach technology? This is a question being examined by a group of lecturers at the Faculty of Education, Auckland University as part of a longitudinal study. The amalgamation of the Auckland College of Education (ACE) with the University of Auckland exposed pre-service primary students entering the Bachelor of Education programme to many changes regarding the delivery of technology education at the Faculty of Education. This paper examines pre-service primary student teachers responses over a number of years to the one compulsory technology education course taught as part of the present Bachelor of Education programme. It examines responses gathered as part of a longitudinal study; discusses changes made to this course in response to student evaluations collected over a number of years; identifies what technological knowledge pre-service teachers think they need to teach technology and finally suggests implications for teaching technology education in the tertiary sector in the future.