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This chapter aims to encourage further exploration and consideration of some key issues for 21st century Technology Education. It discusses challenges with specific reference to implications of teaching and learning, the role Technology Education has the potential to take, and the contribution is has the possibility to make.
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McLaren, S.V. (2012). Considering some Big Issues and the Role of Technology Education in Transformational Change. In: Williams, P.J. (eds) Technology Education for Teachers. International Technology Education Studies. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-161-0_10
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