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This chapter is in three main sections: Curriculum considerations, Curriculum innovation and Detailing the curriculum plus a short conclusion. Curriculum considerations discusses fives important areas that effect the technology curriculum: stakeholders and their influences, statutory requirements, examination board specifications, resource implications and approaches to implementation. Curriculum innovation discusses the contribution of individual teachers to curriculum development, the importance of collaboration to creative curriculum development and interdisciplinary approaches to technology curriculum development.
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Barlex, D. (2012). Curriculum Development. 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_9
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