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Thorsteinsson, Gisli; Kikkull, Andry – Design and Technology Education, 2019
This article examines the possibility of supporting craft education by incorporating knowledge students have gained via science lessons: such knowledge largely refers to the mathematics and physics taught in Estonian comprehensive schools. Results were gleaned from interviews with craft teachers in Estonia, in order to establish their attitudes to…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Handicrafts, Science Instruction, Mathematics Instruction
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Hobley, Janet – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2016
This research examines the delivery of scientific knowledge in vocational BTEC courses in terms of the concept of vocational pedagogy. It draws on empirical data from observations of teaching, semi-structured interviews and a documentary analysis of syllabuses from both A level and BTEC examining boards. Theoretical concepts of pedagogical…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Vocational Education, Science Instruction
Epshtein, D. A. – Soviet Education, 1975
This article discusses ways in which secondary polytechnical schools in Russia can acquaint pupils with the basic ideas of applied chemistry. Students must be guided so that they can choose a vocation in accordance with their personal inclinations and the needs of society. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Chemistry, Comparative Education, Course Descriptions
Razumovskii, V. G. – Soviet Education, 1975
This article discusses ways for improving the curriculum and methods of Russian secondary polytechnical education in the teaching of physics. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Course Descriptions, Educational Improvement, Physics
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Occupational Education Programs. – 1986
To prepare occupational students for employment, a basic understanding of scientific knowledge and the processes of science that have been applied in the development of tools, machines, instruments, and technological techniques or processes should be taught. When a second unit of science was included for all high school students in the New York…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Passage: A Journal of Refugee Education, 1988
This combined theme issue contains articles on the following topics: science and the communicative classroom; educational and recreational facilities in the Phanat Nikhom, Thailand refugee camps; learning styles; use of visual aids for language teaching; whole language methods for second-language writing instruction; bilingual cultural…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style
Texas State Technical Coll. System, Waco. – 1998
This document contains descriptions of adult education courses in remediation, general education, and technical mathematics. They are part of a program developed by the Machine Tool Advanced Skills Technology Educational Resources (MASTER) program to help workers become competent in the skills needed to be productive workers in the machine tools…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Competence