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Technology Education Teachers’ Professional Development Through Action Research

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This chapter’s purpose is to share the findings after engaging Technology Education (TE) teachers through an action research (AR) study. The chapter examines the claim that AR could be used as a vehicle for professional development of underqualified and unqualified TE teachers. The findings of this study indicate that AR impacted on TE teachers’ classroom practice.

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Acknowledgment

My immeasurable gratitude goes to my Saviour Jesus Christ, who let wonderful people (too many to thank individually) to cross my path of knowledge acquisition. I want to express my indebtedness particularly to the following for their unreserved support:

• Prof M.T. Gumbo, my supervisor, mentor, friend and colleague.

• My dear wife Koena Catherine and my offspring: Phenyo, Thapelo, Kholofelo and Asanda

• Mr. Magagane, the Mankweng Circuit Manager and Limpopo Provincial Education Department.

• All participants and their SMTs in selected schools.

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  1. University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa

    Tomé Awshar Mapotse

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    David Barlex

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An electronic copy of the PhD thesis can be found at this url: http://uir.unisa.ac.za/xmlui/handle/10500/7717?show=full

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Mapotse, T.A. (2017). Technology Education Teachers’ Professional Development Through Action Research. In: Williams, P., Barlex, D. (eds) Contemporary Research in Technology Education. Contemporary Issues in Technology Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2819-9_11

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