1. Secondary Cycle I Science & Technology
Train the Trainer Session
March 22 – 24, 2006

2. Who we are Barry Hannah Educational Consultant
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board
Imma Ienaro
Educational Consultant
English Montreal School Board

3. Pig Personality Profile

4. Pig Personality Profile
On a blank piece of 8½ x 11 paper, draw a pig
Don't look at your neighbors' pigs
Don't even glance
Time’s Up!
You have 10 seconds….
You have 3 minutes….
You have 2 minutes….
You have 1 minute….

5. Pig Personality Profile
If the pig is drawn . . .
Toward the top of the paper, you are a positive, optimistic person.
Toward the middle of the paper, you are a realist.
Toward the bottom of the paper, you are a pessimist and have a tendency to be negative.
Facing left, you are traditional, friendly, and good at remembering dates, including birthdays.
Facing forward (or angled forward), you are direct, enjoy playing "the devil's advocate,“ and neither fear nor avoid discussions.
Facing right, you are innovative and active but do not have a strong sense of family, and you are not good at remembering dates.
With many details, you are analytical, cautious, and distrustful.
With few details, you are emotional and naive, care little for details, and are a risk-taker.
With four legs showing, you are secure and stubborn, and you stick to your ideals.
With less than four legs, you are insecure or are going through a period of major change.
With large ears, you are a good listener. The larger the ears, the better listener you are.
And, last but not least…the longer the pig’s tail you have drawn, the more satisfied you are with the quality of romance in your life!

6. A Look at the QEP

7. Introduction to the basics
• Can we categorize the objects around us?
• Useful definitions
• Connection between technology and science and techniques
• Connection between science and technology and techniques
• How science, technology and techniques are interrelated
• Technological processes
• Science and Technology program: The role of technology

8. Can we categorize the objects around us?

9. Useful Definitions Technology And
« An organized body of scientific and technical knowledge and skills used to design, produce, maintain and repair objects that facilitate human existence. » (CDP)
« Technology is human innovation in action. It draws on knowledge and processes to develop systems that solve problems and extend human capabilities. » (Technology for All Americans Project, USA, p. 16)
« Technology is the practical approach that has enabled the human species to surmount its animal existence through its ability to act and create its own habitats, food resources, conditions for comfort and the means to safeguard health, get around and communicate. »
And
« Technology is an orderly process whereby various materials, energy and natural phenomena are used for human purposes. » (Black, Harrison/COPRET Report, France, p. 93 and 94).
« Technology is the field of knowledge and activities that involves designing and creating objects and systems. » (Dictionnaire de l’Éducation, Legendre, Québec, p.1335)

10. Useful Definitions Science Techniques Technical Object
« The sum of human knowledge about nature, society and thought, acquired through the discovery of objective laws of phenomena and their explanation. » (Larousse)
Techniques
« All procedures and methods related to an art or trade. » (Larousse)
Technical Object
« A technical object is an object made up of one or several components (e.g. organs, information, energy, substances) arranged in a functional manner by human imagination and ingenuity to meet one or more specific needs. » (CDP)

11. Connection Between Technology and Science and Techniques

12. Connection Between Science and Technology and Techniques

13. How Science, Technology and Techniques Skills Are Interrelated

14. Technological Processes
Design
(synthesis)
Analysis
(explanation)
Existing
Technical object
Need to be met
Application of:
Explanation
using:
Scientific knowledge
Scientific knowledge
Technical knowledge
and skills
Technical knowledge
and skills
Technical object
(function)
Need to be met
APPLICATION
EXPLANATION

15. Technology fosters the development of all cross-curricular competencies and is particularly suited to certain broad areas of learning.