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Evaluation of a Technology Education Course in Primary School Teacher Education
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, University of Helsinki, Finland

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-60-0 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), San Diego, CA

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Abstract: Historically, technology educators have chosen the creation of products or projects as a means to teach technological concepts. Although it is true that technology is most commonly known by its products, in most educational situations technology is best described as a process. This paper tries to evaluate a process of a technology education course that promotes co-operative and creative problem-solving in primary school teacher education The purpose of the course was to study creativity through analysing a special method for problem-solving and to create new pedagogical approaches in a learning environment, designed to promote active, co-operative, and problem-centred learning in technology education.

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Autio, O. (2006). Evaluation of a Technology Education Course in Primary School Teacher Education. In T. Reeves & S. Yamashita (Eds.), Proceedings of E-Learn 2006--World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (pp. 177-184). Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 7, 2024 from .

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