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ERIC Number: EJ592635
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-1045-1064
Technology Education in the Finnish Primary Schools.
Alamaki, Ari
Journal of Technology Education, v11 n1 p5-17 Fall 1999
A survey of 300 technology teachers in Finnish primary schools received 212 responses indicating that woodworking was a predominant activity and the design-based teaching method was most common. Age, education, and experience of teachers was not related to technology-education practice. Familiarity with technological equipment was not considered suitable at the elementary level. (SK)
Descriptors: Course Content, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Required Courses, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Surveys, Technology Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Finland