ERIC Number: EJ1053610
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Jul
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1307-9298
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Cooking and Hammering: Primary School Pupils' Concepts of Their Craft Skills
Müürsepp, Mare; Kikkull, Andry
International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, v6 n3 p371-384 Jul 2014
The aim of the study is to clear the significance of craft skills for the pupils in age nine and twelve years. More than 200 pupils were asked to define, what are the most important skills for the pupils of their age. The results bring out that category of the skills related to craft subject is of the most presented categories in pupils' self description. Thus the primary school pupils essentially defined themselves by the activities they could do practically (building, cooking, repairing of things). The most undefined relation to craft activities is reflected in the answer of smaller boys in our study. A suspicion arisen from the analysis of pupils' sayings, that the craft lessons in the 1st school stage tend to be organized kind of poorly was asserted by the teachers who pointed out the need for special rooms and materials to implement different techniques.
Descriptors: Handicrafts, Fundamental Concepts, Elementary School Students, Skill Analysis, Skill Development, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservation, Teacher Education Curriculum, Gender Differences, Freehand Drawing, Definitions, Teacher Competencies, Elementary School Mathematics, Methods Courses, Childhood Attitudes, Foreign Countries
International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education. T&K Akademic Rosendalsvein 45, Oslo 1166, Norway. e-mail: iejee@iejee.com; Web site: http://www.iejee.com
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Estonia
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