Williams, P. JohnSwan, Janis E.Cooper, BeverleyForret, Michael2013-03-062013-03-062011Williams, P.J., Swan, J.E., Cooper, B., & Forret, M. (2011). Paper presented at the 2011 AAEE conference, Fremantle, Western Australia. Retrieved from http://www.aaee.com.au/conferences/2011/papers/AAEE2011/PDF/AUTHOR/AE110038.PDFhttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/7317The University of Waikato developed an innovative two-year engineering/ education qualification to attract a group of learners traditionally excluded or disadvantaged in their access to tertiary study and secondary teaching as a career choice. The factors that prompted and supported collaboration between the Faculty of Science and Engineering and the Faculty of Education to develop and deliver a programme that enables industry-trained and qualified learners to gain the engineering qualification required for teaching technology in secondary schools is described. A cross-sequential – patch-up research design was used to collect data from students in both years of the two-year programme to assess the effectiveness of the pathway.application/pdfenCopyright © John Williams et al., 2011Conference Contribution