Addresses teachers concern about teaching drawing and the role of graphicacy based on the lack of research about the process by which children develop drawing capability and the effects of school culture and pedagogy on the development of childrens' drawing capability. Outlines a research agenda for the teaching and learning of drawing in primary…

Reports on needs identified by three teachers during an investigation into their first experiences of implementing technology in primary classrooms. Presents two models for conceptualizing and planning units of work in technology. The models form frameworks that may help structure thinking for authentic classroom planning and sequencing of lessons…

It has been argued that design and technology can be used as a vehicle for teaching science and vice versa. In this paper, we report an investigation into Grade 6 students' understandings of concepts embodied in the Systems strand of a technology syllabus as they grappled with a unit of work in technology for the first time. The unit of work…