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Camacho, Heilyn; Skov, Mette; Svarre, Tanja; Ryberg, Thomas – Design and Technology Education, 2018
Governments, public sector institutions and organisations have started releasing and sharing information in the format of open data (OD). The opportunities to create and innovate with OD will continue to grow, and there is an expectation that educational institutions will produce competitive graduates with OD skills. A key question arising from…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Models, Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning
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Yrjönsuuri, Varpu; Kangas, Kaiju; Hakkarainen, Kai; Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, Pirita – Design and Technology Education, 2019
Co-invention projects in elementary school engage pupils in complex, open-ended design tasks in a practical, hands-on way. Physical materials are an intrinsic part of design, involving trasformation of conceptual ideas into material forms, such as prototypes. These tangible objects mediate embodied thinking and act as material-social mediators of…
Descriptors: Design, Elementary School Students, Student Projects, Teaching Methods
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Karmokar, Sangeeta; Shekar, Aruna – Design and Technology Education, 2018
Science and Technology entrepreneurship is one of the requirements of the new millennium, an era called digital society and globalization. Entrepreneurship is considered an agent of growth, wealth creation and development of society. Although New Zealand has experienced a rapid growth of education and research in Science and Technology areas, the…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, STEM Education, Entrepreneurship, Program Descriptions
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Zahedi, Mithra; Heaton, Lorna – Design and Technology Education, 2017
How do ideas evolve in the context of collaborative design? This research explores the framing strategies and tools involved in the co-construction of a shared understanding in the early stages of a design project. We observed a team of four industrial design students working to design a pop-up shop. We found that, while the key design elements of…
Descriptors: Industrial Arts, Design, Verbal Communication, Teaching Methods
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Önal, Gökçe Ketizmen – Design and Technology Education, 2017
This study is mainly about developing an approach for fostering creativity in design education through analyzing the interactions among creative dimensions resembling spatial and organizational pattern of folding as a technique and also by the help of cognitive action of designers: workshop participants. In order to make an assessment, a case…
Descriptors: Creativity, Design, Interaction, Spatial Ability