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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Implementing Technology Education in Finnish General Education Schools: Studying the Cross-Curricular Theme "Human Being and Technology"
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Järvinen, Esa-Matti; Rasinen, Aki – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2015
In 2009 the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture assigned the National Board of Education with the task of carrying out a nationwide evaluation of all seven cross-curricular themes. The evaluation is one of the largest education evaluation projects the National Board of Finland has ever organised. The present authors were invited to evaluate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Grade 9
Pupils' Readiness for Self-Regulated Learning in the Forethought Phase of Exploratory Production
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Metsärinne, Mika; Kallio, Manne; Virta, Kalle – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2015
This article discusses pupils' readiness for self-regulation in Exploratory Production in Technology Education. In the forethought phase of Exploratory Production, pupils envision and regulate their technological production activities. Next, in the performance phase, the envisioned goals are tried and implemented through ideating, planning…
Descriptors: Readiness, Independent Study, Technology Education, Grade 9