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Jaatinen, Juha; Lindfors, Eila – Design and Technology Education, 2019
Finland has its own version of a "makerspace": craft class. Originally, there was one craft class for boys and one for girls. Later, there were classes for different materials, especially for wood and textiles, which are deep-rooted concepts in the Finnish crafts mindset. To reclaim craft class for pupils, or "makers", we must…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Design, Compulsory Education, Educational Innovation
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Hughes, Chris; Bell, Dawne – Design and Technology Education, 2011
This paper discusses ongoing research into the role of design and technology education in emerging post industrial economies. Previous work (Hughes et al., 2010) focused on the changing characteristics of textiles technology in modern times and discussed how this could inform a design and technology curriculum related to the needs of a modern…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Curriculum Design, Technology Education, Teacher Attitudes