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Technology invites students to resolve problems that are embedded in real-life contexts through undertaking technological practice. Such practice is informed by student-held concepts of and about technology, and students’ past experiences of resolving problems. This chapter discusses what happens when technologists work alongside students in technology; in particular the influence that this involvement has on developing students’ understandings of and about technology.
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Harwood, C. (2012). The Impact of Technologists Working Alongside Students in Technology. In: France, B., Compton, V. (eds) Bringing Communities Together. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-791-2_15
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