The Impact of Technology Education - International Insights

The Impact of Technology Education - International Insights

von: Marc J. de Vries, Stefan Fletcher, Stefan Kruse, Peter Labudde, Martin Lang, Ingelore Mammes, Charles Max, Dieter Münk, Bill Nicholl, Johannes Strobel, Mark Winterbottom

Waxmann Verlag GmbH, 2020

ISBN: 9783830991410 , 177 Seiten

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The Impact of Technology Education - International Insights


 

Frontmatter

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Cover

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Imprint

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Contents

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Preface

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Primary-school pupils' self-efficacy and its influence on solving technological problem-based design tasks (Victoria Adenstedt & Annika Gooß)

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Introduction

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1. Self-efficacy in technology education

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Developing technological self-efficacy through technology education

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Technological self-efficacy from a gender perspective

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2. Technological self-efficacy study

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Research questions

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Method and design

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Sample

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Results

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3. Problem-solving in technology education

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Problem-solving circle

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4. Problem-based design study

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Research questions

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Sample

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Method and design: mixed-methods

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I. Questionnaire

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II. Videotaping the problem-solving

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III. Guided interview

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First Results

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5. Outlook

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References

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What distinguishes a technology literate pupil? Conception and development of a test instrument (Stefan Fletcher)

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1. Starting situation and objectives

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2. Test conception – a model for technology literacy

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2.1 The technology literate pupil – an ideal vision

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2.2 Theoretical reference points

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2.2.1 Content dimension: The system theory for the identification and structuring of possible contents of the concept of technology literacy

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2.2.2 Action dimension: Typical ways of thinking and acting in technology

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2.2.3 Dimension: fields of action / action contexts

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2.3 Merging: A task development model for recording technology literacy

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3. Test Design

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3.1 Obtaining test items based on the task development model

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3.2 The chosen task format

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3.3 An example task

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3.4 The test time

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3.5 Linguistic design of the test

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3.6 Data collection and analysis

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4. Assessment of the quality criteria of the test instrument

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References

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Affinity for technology of girls and boys of lower secondary school level (Karin Güdel, Anni Heitzmann & Andreas Müller)

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1. Introduction

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2. Objectives and research questions

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3. Study design and methods

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4. Theoretical background and operationalization of the construct affinity for technology (AFT)

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4.1 General acceptance of technology or attitude towards technology (OECD, 2006)

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4.2 Individual interest

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4.3 Self-efficacy in solving technical tasks

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4.4 Gender role in vocational choice

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5. Results

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5.1 Research question 1

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5.2 Research question 2

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5.3 Research question 3

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6. Summary and discussion

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7. Conclusions

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Acknowledgements

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References

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Increasing decision making competencies by applying simulation and gaming in technology and engineering education (Christian K. Karl & Heide Lukosch)

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1. Introduction

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2. Methodology

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3. Decision making competencies in technology and engineering

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4. Introduction to the employed approaches

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4.1 Case 1: The educational training environment “Construction Giant”

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4.2 Case 2: Triadic Game Design Approach as learning process

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5. Application of the approaches

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5.1 Case 1: “Construction Giant” as training method in construction technology

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5.1.1 Included decision areas

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5.1.2 Student groups and process

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5.2 Case 2: Triadic Game Design as teaching method in Management of Technology

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5.2.1 Student group and process

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6. Results and discussion

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6.1 Case 1: Board game as tool for improving decision making abilities

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6.2 Case 2: Triadic Game Design workshop as educational structure for decision making

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7. Conclusions

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References

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Competences in a digitalised world in the context of general and vocational technical education and training (Stefan Kruse & Alexander Franz Koch)

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1. The social relevance of digitalisation

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2. Digitalisation and competences

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2.1 Qualification requirements of the industry

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2.2 Content structuring of possible fields of competence

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3. Analysis of exemplary subject areas for the digital transformation on the basis of the VDI educational standards technology

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3.1 Topic “internet of things”

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3.2 Topic “socio-technical systems” or “man-machine systems”

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3.3 Topic “cyber-physical systems”

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3.4 The resulting competence grid for general technical education

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4. Research question and method

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4.1 Research question

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4.2 Methodology

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4.3 Sample and procedure

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5. Results of the study and recommendations

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5.1 Inter-rater agreement

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5.2 Overall agreement

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5.3 Agreement by dyads

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5.4 Top categories: High agreement and high scoring

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6. Discussion

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6.1 Results by sampling and limitations by methodology

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6.2 Differences in domains: Contents for future education

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6.3 Effects of competence recommendations in the context of transitional preparation

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Acknowledgments

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References

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Technology education in pre-school and primary school (Ingelore Mammes)

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1. On the necessity of technology education in early education

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2. Early learning from technical phenomena

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2.1 Technical phenomena – defining the term

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2.2 Early learning conditions

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3. Technology education in nursery and primary school

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3.1 Technology education in nursery school

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3.2 Technology education in primary school

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4. Results

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5. Conclusion

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References

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Tinkering with technology education (Elizabeth McGregor Jacobides & Mark Winterbottom)

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Making sense of Tinkering for technology education

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What do Tinkering and Making offer Technology Education?

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How does Tinkering provide the benefits of open inquiry to technology educators?

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How does tinkering provide the benefits of informal learning to technology educators?

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Tinkering and engineering education

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The process connection between Tinkering and engineering

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The affordances of Tinkering for engineering

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Exploiting affordances through a focus on tinkerability

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Digital tinkerability

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Conclusion

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References

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Current state and suggestions for the K-12 STEM school industry partnership in the United States (Johannes Strobel & Yan Sun)

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Introduction

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Literature review

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Methodology

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A taxonomy of K-12 STEM school-industry partnership

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A model for building K-12 STEM school-industry partnerships

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Conclusion

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References

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National evaluations of technology education. What do they tell us about the impact?. What do they tell us about the impact? (Marc J. de Vries)

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1. Introduction: promises and reality

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2. National evaluation of technology education in the Netherlands

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3. National evaluation of technology education in England

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4. Comparing the two national evaluations

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5. The value of national evaluations for technology education

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References

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Backmatter

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List of authors

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