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Hofverberg, Hanna; Westerlund, Stina – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2021
Design and craft education, like that of the Swedish school subject, Sloyd, has great potential for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). With so many possibilities, it is relevant to investigate what teachers teach about sustainability, and how. Therefore, the aim of this article is to examine what Sloyd teachers express that they do as…
Descriptors: Design Crafts, Handicrafts, Art Education, Art Teachers
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Osmond, Jane; Tovey, Michael – Design and Technology Education, 2015
In many of our universities and colleges there is a long established approach to teaching design through practice. For most students their end goal is to achieve a level of capability to function as designers in the professional world. Their education helps them construct a passport to enter this community of professional practice. Part of the…
Descriptors: Design Crafts, Design, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices
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Thorsteinsson, Gisli; Olafsson, Brynjar – Design and Technology Education, 2017
This article reports a survey which aimed to examine the present situation in Design and Craft Education (D&C) in Iceland in terms of teachers' general standing and their teaching inside the Icelandic elementary schools. A questionnaire was sent to 170 D&C teachers in Icelandic elementary schools. The questionnaire was completed by 101…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Design Crafts, Design, Handicrafts
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Budge, Kylie – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2016
Learning to be an artist or designer is a complex process of becoming. Much of the early phase of "learning to be" occurs during the time emerging artists and designers are students in university art/design programmes, both undergraduate and postgraduate. Recent research reveals that a critical role in assisting students in their…
Descriptors: Art Education, Design Crafts, Modeling (Psychology), Educational Practices
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Hill, Glen Andrew – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2017
This paper describes a pedagogical experiment in which a suite of novel blended learning strategies was used to replace the traditional role of design tutors in a first year architectural design studio. The pedagogical objectives, blended learning strategies and outcomes of the course are detailed. While the quality of the student design work…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Learning Strategies, Architecture, Design Crafts
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Pombo, Fátima; Bervoets, Wouter; De Smet, Henk – Design and Technology Education, 2015
As a consequence of fruitful discussions about joining theory and practice both in design research and educational design programmes, this article aims to explore phenomenological parameters in the framework of an exercise for Engineer-architecture students from the University of Leuven in Belgium. Relying upon the arguments of recognised…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Architecture, Design Crafts, Design
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Ronkko, Marja-Leena; Mommo, Sanna; Aerila, Juli-Anna – Design and Technology Education, 2016
The Finnish curriculum for crafts emphasises the creative problem-solving skills of the student, the completion of different design tasks and the implementation of designs, while seeking to nurture the student's self-esteem. Furthermore, students should draw up the designs for their artefacts, plan their work, and also develop designs when needed.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Design Crafts, Teaching Methods
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Wilson, Jay; Gobeil, Marc – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2017
This research project examined the impact on student engagement of a makerspace approach in an all-First Nations high school. First Nations learners have many factors limiting their success in the K-12 system such as lack of connection to the curriculum, limited cultural relevance of course content, and poor attendance. A common concern for those…
Descriptors: High School Students, Active Learning, Student Projects, Teaching Methods
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Kashim, Isah Bolaji; Adelabu, Oluwafemi Samuel – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2013
Formal ceramics art education is becoming a fundamental requirement for professional practice in ceramics in Nigeria. Considering the ample resources available for ceramic practices in the country with a teeming population of over 140 million people, there is a promising future for the art, in spite of the effects of globalization and…
Descriptors: Ceramics, Art Education, Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education
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Hansen, Pal J. Kirkeby – Design and Technology Education, 2009
"Knowledge Promotion" is the recent curriculum for the Norwegian 10-year compulsory school. "Technology and Design" (ToD) is a new main subject area in Natural Science. ToD should be taught across the curriculum between Natural Science, Art and Crafts, and Mathematics. The main goal is that pupils should be able to plan,…
Descriptors: Natural Sciences, Scientific Principles, Case Studies, Technology Education
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Delahaye, Brian L.; Ehrich, Lisa C. – Educational Gerontology, 2008
The research reported in this study concerns older adults from Australia who voluntarily chose to learn the craft of woodturning. The paper examines the literature of adult learning under the themes of presage factors, the learning environment, instructional methods, and techniques for facilitators. The paper then reports on the analysis of two…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Incentives, Learning Strategies, Student Motivation
Chung, Diane – 1989
The purpose of this guide is to assist clothing construction and design instructors in the State of Truk, Federated States of Micronesia, in planning instructional programs for secondary school students. Specifically, it is designed to: (1) provide uniformity and direction for all vocational clothing programs in the State of Truk; (2) provide…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Clothing Design, Clothing Instruction, Design Crafts
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Ringwood, J. V.; Monaghan, K.; Maloco, J. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2005
This paper examines a particular methodology of teaching engineering design to undergraduate engineering students, which relies on Lego[R] Mindstorms[TM]. A number of important issues are addressed, including the timing of the design module within the programme, prior knowledge required and assessment components. The module, which has been running…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Engineering, Design Crafts, Undergraduate Students
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Ihsen, Susanne – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2005
Today we are confronted with a new challenge in product development: "Diversity" needs to be implemented in the engineering design and development teams. Such diversity means to "mirror" within the teams the characteristics of different customer groups: the two genders, the different age groups, and the different cultural…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Females, Engineering, Cultural Background
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Mills, Kathy – Journal of Learning Design, 2006
Research and educational policies have alerted teachers to the importance of multiliteracies. Communication in society today is characterised by rapidly changing and emergent forms of meaning-making in a context of increased cultural and linguistic diversity. This paper responds to these imperatives, releasing key findings of a critical…
Descriptors: Multiple Literacies, Ethnography, Student Diversity, Observation
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