Craft is a compulsory learning-by-doing subject for pupils in grades one to seven. The activities are based on craft expression, design and technology (CDT). This research is part of national endeavours to develop innovative CDT as a basic education subject. This paper briefly explores two studies in which technical work […]
Daily Archives: 04/04/2019
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To be able to learn innovation competencies, pupils need to have opportunities for problem solving in pedagogical innovation processes. Goal orientation has a motivational power for individual engagement in innovative activity. Goal orientation is understood as an individual disposition toward developing one’s ability in achievement settings. It is a way […]
The questions elaborated upon and discussed in this article emanate from all educational levels at which education and studies in crafts appear in Finland. The following questions permeate the article: What is the status of Finland´s educational craft field at the end of the 2010s? […]
Throughout Finnish elementary school 150-year-history, school craft has served the teaching needs of societal, educational, new craft techniques, tools and materials in every school. This article studies memories associated with school craft throughout three consecutive generations. The focus is particularly on what kind of memories associated with school craft the […]
Sinikka Pöllänen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland Kari Pöllänen, Cloudia Ltd, Finland Continually increasing demands are being placed on the educational system to prepare students with technical skills due to the exponential implementation of information, technology and automation in the workforce. Students should work with design, problemsolving and computational methods […]
Redesigning school environment @Innokomp Noora Salonen & Tellervo Härkki Department of Education, University of Helsinki A new service-design oriented craft project model that was piloted at Helsinki, Finland, set pupils, teachers and student teachers in new challenging roles. Pupils were tasked to discover and redesign non-functional areas from their school, […]