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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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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
Carlberg, Ann; Johansson, Marlene; Lundqvist, Bert Owe – National Evaluation of the Swedish Comprehensive School, 1994
Sloyd (craft and design) education in Swedish comprehensive high schools was examined in a national evaluation. During the first phase of the evaluation, questionnaires were completed by 1,314 grade 9 students and 101 teachers. For a 10-week period, 200 of those students and their teachers kept diaries describing their work in craft and design. In…
Descriptors: Design, Design Crafts, Educational Benefits, Educational Practices