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Thomas-Seale, L. E. J.; Kanagalingam, Sanjeevan; Kirkman-Brown, J. C.; Attallah, M. M.; Espino, D. M.; Shepherd, D. E. T. – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2023
Additive manufacturing (AM) is projected to require 60,000 jobs in the UK by 2025, but there are a series of barriers to the industrial application. One of the most problematic is non-comprehensive knowledge in design for AM (DfAM). This study aims to test the effect of two undergraduate DfAM teaching approaches. A visual and audial approach…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Manufacturing, Computer Peripherals, Printing
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Miranda, Constanza; Goñi, Julian; Hilliger, Isabel – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2021
While teamwork has been a central concern in engineering education, little research has systematically examined how conflict is managed in engineering teams of students. Socio-constructivism provides a solid base to explain how teamwork can foster innovation through the use of cultural artifacts, such as "boundary objects." The purpose…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Teaching Methods, Teamwork, International Cooperation
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Chung, Pansy; Yeh, Ron Chuen; Chen, Yi-Cheng – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2016
In order to respond to the ever-changing global economic environment, the technological and vocational education system in Taiwan needs to be dramatically reformed to the changing needs of the domestic industrial structure. Integrating practical talents with practical industrial experiences and competences can help avoid discrepancy and close the…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Learning Strategies, Vocational Education, Technology Education
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Gómez Puente, Sonia M.; van Eijck, Michiel; Jochems, Wim – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2013
Design-based learning (DBL) is an educational approach grounded in the processes of inquiry and reasoning towards generating innovative artifacts, systems and solutions. The approach is well characterized in the context of learning natural sciences in secondary education. Less is known, however, of its characteristics in the context of higher…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Learning Strategies, Design, Natural Sciences
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O'Sullivan, Gary – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2008
The paper describes the development of an Integrated Curriculum Science and Technology subject offering as part of the Bachelor of Education (Teaching) degree for primary pre-service teachers at Massey University in New Zealand. The paper discusses some of the difficulties and concerns which arise when pursuing this type of endeavour. This paper…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Problem Based Learning, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Williams, P. John; Iglesias, Juan; Barak, Moshe – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2008
An increasing variety of professional educational and training disciplines are now problem based (e.g., medicine, nursing, engineering, community health), and they may have a corresponding variety of educational objectives. However, they all have in common the use of problems in the instructional sequence. The problems may be as diverse as a…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Technology Education, Secondary Schools, Teacher Education