Technology plays an increasingly important role in our lives and it is important that students understand how it influences their lives and that of society and their own participation.Mitcham (as cited in Jones & Moreland, 2003), first asserts that technology is a major and, some would say, defining feature of the world in which we live. Consequently, young people, as future citizens, must understand how the world shapes the world and how they participate in it. If future citizens are to understand and participate in decision-making, technological education must adequately prepare them by addressing the technical, social, ethical, political and economic issues underlying the technological process and ensuring that Students recognize that technology fits into a philosophical, historical and theoretical context. In New Zealand, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a curriculum review was undertaken which led (after much development) to the addition of technology as a separate subject and as a one of the seven essential learning areas that students must learn. acquire knowledge and understanding of. The technology was made mandatory in January 1999, making it mandatory for all students until the end of their tenth grade. Technology was seen as a fundamental part of the development of New Zealand's economy and the ability of students to cope with and participate in a technological society in the future. As a relatively 'new' area of ​​study, gazetted in late 1998 (Curriculum Framework, Ministry of Education, 1993), it is constantly evolving. The program has since been revised and a new edition was published in 2007. In this article, some of the challenges secondary school teachers face with......middle of article......ricia Murphy and Michael Harrison (eds). Teaching and Learning Technology, pp 3-14, Milton Keynes, Open University Press. ISBN 0-201-63169-5Ministry of Education. (2007). The New Zealand program. Wellington: Learning Media Ltd. Naughton, J. (1994). What is “technology”? Chapter 1 by Frank Banks (Ed), Teaching Technology, pp 7-12. London, Routledge. ISBN 0-415-10254-5 Turnbull, W. (2002). The place of authenticity in technology in the New Zealand curriculum. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 12, 23-40. Williams, J. (1996). Philosophy of Technology Education, Chapter 2 in John Williams and Anthony Williams (Eds), Technology Education for Teachers, pp 27-62. Melbourne, Macmillan. ISBN 0-7329-4090-7 Williams, P. J. (2000). Design: the only methodology of technology? Journal of Technology Education, 11(2), 48-60. ISSN 1045-1064