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Lida T. Klaver; Laurence J. F. Guérin; Patrick H. M. Sins; Juliette H. Walma van der Molen – Journal of Educational Research, 2024
Engagement with socioscientific issues (SSI) is seen as an important citizenship goal of SSI-based science education. In this experimental study, Dutch students (age 8 to 13) participated in lesson series in which they learned about and discussed SSI, such as issues related to the textile industry and wastewater. Attitudes toward SSI indicating…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science and Society, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Tofel-Grehl, Colby; Jex, Eliza; Searle, Kristin; Ball, Douglas; Zhao, Xin; Burnell, Georgia – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2020
This paper shares findings from the first of its kind quasi-experimental mixed methods study exploring the potential impacts on teacher instruction through engagement with making and e-textiles. Because engagement in hands-on inquiry has demonstrated strong promise for increasing student interest and engagement in STEM careers, finding curricular…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teaching Methods, Learner Engagement, Science Instruction
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Hébert, Cristyne; Jenson, Jennifer – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2020
Making and maker spaces have attracted increasing attention as potential sites for supporting K-12 student learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and as a means of competency development for computational and design thinking as well as technological literacy. While interest in making and maker spaces is high, little…
Descriptors: Textiles Instruction, Entrepreneurship, Learning Processes, STEM Education
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Song, Min Jeong – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2020
In recent 5 years, digital fabrication technologies have not only advanced rapidly but have also become more user-friendly and affordable, especially regarding their educational uses. Due to these technologies' capability to link virtual and physical making, educators have extensively discussed their potential impact on fostering a…
Descriptors: Design, Teaching Methods, Creativity, Textiles Instruction
Sarroub, Loukia K., Ed.; Nicholas, Claire, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2021
This book engages readers via the international contributions from "home" field sites around the world and international authors. Importantly, the various chapters address a wide spectrum of educational contexts -- ranging from higher education, to K-12 public and private schools, to prison schools. The realistic accounts portrayed in…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Ethics, Research Design, Higher Education
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Karppinen, Seija; Kallunki, Veera; Komulainen, Kauko – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2019
The paper discusses how a teaching approach, "interdisciplinary design and invention pedagogy," affected primary school student teachers' learning outcomes through the craft design process in pre-service teacher education. This study applies developmental work research (Engeström in J Educ Work 14(1):133-156, 2001; Engeström in…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Handicrafts, Textiles Instruction, Teaching Methods