Centre for the Advancement of Technology Education Research
CATER.
Connecting Researchers to Strengthen
Technology Education Research.
Purpose
CATER, the Centre for the Advancement of Technology Education Research, is an international research centre dedicated to strengthening the quality, visibility, and collective capacity of technology education research. Its work combines meta-research on the field with the development of research infrastructure, methodological resources, training activity, and collaborative research initiatives.
Meta-Research
Studying the methods, practices, publication patterns, and research traditions that shape technology education research.
Infrastructure
Developing tools, protocols, datasets, and research resources that support high-quality technology education research.
Accelerator
Creating the conditions for multi-site studies, big-team science, collaborative grant applications, and shared research programmes.
Capacity Building
Supporting researchers through training schools, workshops, publishing guides, research clinics, and the CATER unconference.
Building Capacity Across Technology Education Research
CATER will track its contribution through centre membership, capacity-building activity, collaborative projects, open research tools, research outputs, and research resources that support the development of technology education research.
14 Centre
Members
— Capacity-Building
Events
— Collaborative
Projects
3 Open
Research Tools
— Research
Outputs
— Research
Resources