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Download full textScheer, Andrea; Noweski, Christine; Meinel, Christoph – Design and Technology Education, 2012
In an ever changing society of the 21st century, there is a demand to equip students with meta competences going beyond cognitive knowledge. Education, therefore, needs a transition from transferring knowledge to developing individual potentials with the help of constructivist learning. Advantages of constructivist learning, and criteria for its…
Descriptors: Teachers, Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries
Fox-Turnbull, Wendy; Snape, Paul – Design and Technology Education, 2011
This paper reviews literature on constructivist learning theories relevant to and evident in teacher education in a New Zealand university. These theories are illustrated within an authentic technology education context which involves students from a primary teacher-education degree programme. It investigates how a practical activity, based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Constructivism (Learning), Technology Education
Hughes, Chris; Bell, Dawne – Design and Technology Education, 2011
This paper discusses ongoing research into the role of design and technology education in emerging post industrial economies. Previous work (Hughes et al., 2010) focused on the changing characteristics of textiles technology in modern times and discussed how this could inform a design and technology curriculum related to the needs of a modern…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Curriculum Design, Technology Education, Teacher Attitudes
Fox-Turnbull, Wendy – Design and Technology Education, 2010
This article investigates recent literature in the area of classroom conversation and dialogue with the aim of gaining a better understanding of the role that classroom conversation and dialogue plays in learning. It also investigates literature on the constructivist, collaborative nature of technology education and suggests that to enhance our…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Intention, Program Effectiveness, Technology Education
Barak, Moshe – Design and Technology Education, 2010
This study aimed at exploring how high school students deal with designing an information system, for example, for a small business or a medical clinic, the extent to which students develop as independent learners while working on their projects, and the factors that help or hinder fostering students' design skills. The three-phase dual-loop…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Information Systems, Student Development, High School Students
Charman, Helen – Design and Technology Education, 2010
This paper presents qualitative research recently undertaken by the Head of Learning at the Design Museum. The research explores how learning in the museum's workshop programme for schools is conceptualised by the museum educators who devise and teach on the programme. The study is framed by an epistemological stance of social constructionism, in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Design, Museums
