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Technology in Secondary Schools: Getting It Right

This report is the fourth in the Engineering Council's series on technology in schools and was published in 1997. It looks at the state of technology in schools seven years after the subject was established in the National Curriculum. It gives data and details of challenges faced by some technology departments.

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Technology schools
Running costs
Equipment
Accommodation
Staffing
Group size
Curriculum, courses and exams
Technology in five schools
Resourcing the new order
Appendix: sample and methods

This report was written by Professor Alan Smithers and Dr Pamela Robertson.

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