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Marja-Leena Rönkkö; Juli-Anna Aerila; Tuula Stenius – Design and Technology Education, 2025
This study explores humour's role in a holistic craft process when 7-8-year-olds design personalised soft toys. Humour enhances learning environments by fostering joy, belonging and a positive atmosphere, acting as a motivational tool in experiential and arts-based learning. The study aims to answer the following questions: (1) What are the…
Descriptors: Humor, Toys, Handicrafts, Young Children
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Lindley, Julian; Adams, Richard; Wynn, Les – Design and Technology Education, 2018
Product Design in the modern world is a complex multifaceted discipline comprising of many skills and applications. It also operates in broader cross-disciplinary contexts within direct teams, while also contributing to the strategic business processes of commercial enterprises, government/councils and not for profit organizations. It is no longer…
Descriptors: Design, Manufacturing, Theory Practice Relationship, Program Administration
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Allan, Denise; Vettese, Samantha; Thompson, Paul – Design and Technology Education, 2018
In this article, the researchers investigate different ways in which school age, 'generation net' children learn, through non-linear, mediated, collaborative 'making' environments, enabled by informal club settings and online 'builder' gaming and groups. In addition to this, the study will investigate these learning methods in relation to…
Descriptors: Design, Learning Processes, Clubs, Informal Education