In-service training for technology teachers: A needs assessment

The purpose of this article is to motivate the need for in-service training for technology teachers and to provide guidelines for short-course training programmes, based on limitations identified in the literature and the empirical study. Models for the development of in-service training programmes are discussed, with further elaboration on a model that focuses on the content, context, process, structure and strategy as the variables that will guide the further design, implementation and evaluation of an in-service training programme. The results from a needs analysis of technology teachers and technology subject advisors on in-service training are presented. From these results and the limitations discussed in the article, guidelines for the design and implementation of in-service training programmes are presented.