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Yishan Xie; Xinhua Zhang – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2024
STEM education is widely recognized as a powerful means of cultivating well-rounded future talent. However, challenges such as difficulties in observation, declining learning interests, and the lack of teaching resources present obstacles to the implementation of STEM education in China. Virtual Reality (VR), with its immersive, interactive, and…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, STEM Education, Courseware, Active Learning
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van Breukelen, Dave H. J.; de Vries, Marc J.; Schure, Frank A. – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2017
This paper presents a mixed methods study in which 77 students and 3 teachers took part, that investigated the practice of Learning by Design (LBD). The study is part of a series of studies, funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, that aims to improve student learning, teaching skills and teacher training. LBD uses the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pretests Posttests, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts
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Aranda, Maurina L.; Guzey, S. Selcen; Moore, Tamara J. – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2020
To promote rich discourse around scientific and engineering practices, teachers may turn to engineering design-based science curricula; however, this has discursive demands which have yet to be examined in a unit focused on integration of engineering and science. To investigate these discursive demands, we expand on the definition of discourse to…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Engineering Education, Science Instruction, Science Curriculum
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Koski, Marja-Ilona; de Vries, Marc – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2015
Helping teachers to move away from a linear approach to teaching, encouraging them to collect knowledge together with their students as well as providing them support to do this are the fundamental issues that this paper wants to explore. In this paper a pilot test of a model designed to help teachers' plan and teach concepts in science and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Technology Education, Teaching Methods, Models
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Love, Tyler S.; Wells, John G. – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2018
The purpose of this research was to investigate the extent of the relationship between select technology and science preparation experiences of United States (US) technology and engineering (T&E) teachers and their teaching of science content and practices. Utilizing a fully integrated mixed methods design (Teddlie and Tashakkori in "Res…
Descriptors: Correlation, Technology Education, Engineering Education, Content Analysis
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Nicholas, Howard; Ng, Wan – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2012
While the ready-made Lego[TM] Robotics kits are popular in schools and are used by students at both primary and secondary year levels, using the Picaxe microcontroller (chip) to create simple electronic devices, including robotic devices is less popular. The latter imposes an additional challenge as a result of the need to construct the universal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Sidawi, Mai M. – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2009
This paper is a review of the literature related to teaching science through designing technology. The premise of this method is that designing technology presents the students with the context through which they can apply the science concepts they learned and thus enhancing their understanding of these concepts. Despite the promise of this…
Descriptors: Technology, Science Instruction, Literature Reviews, Scientific Concepts
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Williams, P. John – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2009
Throughout history various grand narratives have impacted on technology education. In the current post modern era of globalization, technology education continues to struggle for relevance and definition, and takes various forms in different countries, but none seem resoundingly successful. The current development of what some have termed a…
Descriptors: Design, Internet, Educational History, Educational Change
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Tseng, Kuo-Hung; Chang, Chi-Cheng; Lou, Shi-Jer; Chen, Wen-Ping – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2013
Many scholars claimed the integration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education is beneficial to the national economy and teachers and institutes have been working to develop integrated education programs. This study examined a project-based learning (PjBL) activity that integrated STEM using survey and interview…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Attitudes, Engineering, Foreign Countries
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Rohaan, Ellen J.; Taconis, Ruurd; Jochems, Wim M. G. – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2010
This literature review reports on the assumed relations between primary school teachers' knowledge of technology and pupils' attitude towards technology. In order to find relevant aspects of technology-specific teacher knowledge, scientific literature in the field of primary technology education was searched. It is found that teacher knowledge is…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Technology Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
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Lewis, Theodore – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2009
This article examines the claims of the school subject technology education (called Design and Technology in some countries) as a vehicle for inculcating creativity in the curriculum, by introducing children to the world of problem solving and invention. Core foundational underpinnings of the subject are explored, including its hands-on nature,…
Descriptors: Creativity, Problem Solving, Creative Thinking, Technology Education
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Norton, Stephen John – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2008
Relatively low participation in the hard sciences (mathematics, science, engineering and technology) has become a concern with respect to the capacity of Australia to meet critical infrastructure projects. This problem has its roots in poor student attitudes towards and perceptions about the study of prerequisite subjects including mathematics and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Instruction
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Bencze, John Lawrence – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2010
Future elementary school teachers often lack self-efficacy for teaching science and technology. They are particularly anxious about encouraging children to carry-out student-directed, open-ended scientific inquiry and/or technological design projects. Moreover, because this often also is the case with practising elementary school teachers, it is…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Constructivism (Learning), Practicums, Methods Courses
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Ginns, Ian S.; Norton, Stephen J.; Mcrobbie, Campbell J. – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2005
It has been argued that design and technology can be used as a vehicle for teaching science and vice versa. In this paper, we report an investigation into Grade 6 students' understandings of concepts embodied in the Systems strand of a technology syllabus as they grappled with a unit of work in technology for the first time. The unit of work…
Descriptors: Evidence, Video Technology, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology