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You Just Have to Take a Big Leap! Authentic Teaching and Learning in the Technology Program at an Upper Secondary School
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Susanne Engström; Helena Lennholm – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2025
In literature, teaching for an authentic learning experience is seen as rewarding and interesting, promoting better understanding of for example sustainable development and fostering students' independence. Some upper secondary schools emphasise authentic teaching and learning on their websites, showcasing how students engage in authentic tasks.…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Authentic Learning, Student Attitudes, Technology Education
Preservice Teachers' Views about the Twenty-First Century Skills: A Qualitative Survey Study in Turkey and Sweden
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Karakoyun, Ferit; Lindberg, Ola J. – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
The purpose of this study was to investigate the views of preservice teachers from Turkey and Sweden about twenty-first century skills. The participants of the study were 197 preservice teachers from universities in Turkey and Sweden. In the study, the views of preservice teachers about twenty-first century skills were investigated with an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes
Design, System, Value: The Role of Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking Capabilities in Technology Education, as Perceived by Teachers
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Schooner, Patrick; Nordlöf, Charlotta; Klasander, Claes; Hallström, Jonas – Design and Technology Education, 2017
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD, 2013) defines its views on necessary skills for 21st century citizenship and life-long learning, advocating a generic skillset of literacy, numeracy, and problem-solving in technology-rich environments. Other sources also include critical thinking as a vital 21st Century skill.…
Descriptors: Role, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Compulsory Education
Human-Wildlife Co-Existence and Conservation Education: An Example from the Potential Reintroduction of Grizzly Bears to California
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Colby, Jolie Chrisanne – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation explored the roles schools can play in the successful outcomes of large carnivore or keystone reintroduction projects. Schools are more than centers for knowledge acquisition--they connect their community and disseminate information quickly to a wide audience. This study took place in California's Eastern Sierra Nevada, a…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Wildlife, Units of Study, Grade 6
Evaluating an Innovative Program through the Problem-Solving Test in the Swedish National Assessment Programme 1992.
Karrqvist, Christina; Oquist, Oscar – 1994
A program for national educational evaluation was established in Sweden in 1989. In 1992, a second data collection was carried out. The program is designed to serve national and local purposes of evaluation. One concept that has been emphasized strongly is an "explorative way of working." Evaluating an explorative way of working is a…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement
Evaluating Students' Know-How with Knowledge.
Karrqvist, Christina; Lansfjord, Mona – 1997
As part of the national assessment program in Sweden there have been two attempts to gain insight into students'"know-how" with knowledge. The first was a study conducted in 1992 that showed that students had not reached the goals established by the Swedish national curriculum for ninth graders with regard to an exploratory and critical…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement