Abstract The present study explored pre-primary students’ investigative activity during a longitudinal, integrative technology education project: the Power Creatures project. Investigative activity refers to the way young children act in a learning context that combines inquiry-based activities with creative hands-on activities, such as designing and crafting. Nineteen pre-primary students (aged five […]
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Highlights Societal changes intensify the need for Teachers’ professional agency. A continuing training model based on cooperation in boundary spaces was piloted. Preschool and primary school teachers and student teachers attended pilot training. The piloted model supports both pre- and in-service teachers’ professional agency. Boundary spaces offer a fruitful starting […]
Kaiju Kangas, Department of Education, University of Helsinki, Finland In today’s world, technology is all-pervasive and daily apparent around us either directly or through various media. Therefore, students’ basic understanding of how technology affects the world and how we exist around technology should be cultivated from early stages of education. […]