The development of technology education internationally

The development of technology education within countries and regions is set within the historical, cultural, and political environment. Curriculum, teacher education, and in fact educational research do not sit in isolation from these. Each of the chapters in this section sets out the context for technology education in its respective country and provides a historical and political analysis of the development of technology education as a field of development. The history of technology education is a long one if we consider its development back to the days of craft, and in this section many of the chapters trace the journey from craft through to much broader notions of technology and technological literacy

Spring 2009, UNH Study Abroad: Explore the culture and charm of England through the UNH Cambridge Program

Live in a private room at Cambridge University’s Gonville & Caius College, founded in the 1348 ~ Have your meals served in a gothic dining hall worthy of Harry Potter ~ Take two courses in British literature, writing or history, taught by British dons or UNH professors ~ Attend performances by the Globe Theatre Company in London and the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-on-Avon ~ Travel on excursions to Dover, Canterbury, Ely, and elsewhere in the United Kingdom ~ Go punting on the River Cam, perhaps all the way to the village of Grantchester, where Virginia Woolfe, Augustus Johns, E.M. Forster and other members of the Bloomsbury Group flouted societal norms a century ago ~ Explore the architecture, parks, bookstores, museums, and cultural offerings of Cambridge, an historic gem of a city. There are worse ways to spend a summer