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Primary Technological Education for All in France

A Study of the Role of Technology in the Primary School System and Teacher Training over the last Twenty Years

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International Handbook of Primary Technology Education

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Understanding the contemporary technical environment and the socio-technical investment accompanying it is essential to the development of a country and of its citizens. Technological education contributes to this in different ways and at different levels within the education system. Its integration into general education in France is recent. This chapter is organised into two parts.

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Chatoney, M., Ginestié, J. (2011). Primary Technological Education for All in France. In: Benson, C., Lunt, J. (eds) International Handbook of Primary Technology Education. International Technology Education Studies, vol 7. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-546-8_2

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