Defining a Process in a Creative and Co-Operative Technology Education Course

Vol.1 No.2

Year:2005
Issue: Sep-Nov

Title  : Defining a Process in a Creative and Co-Operative Technology Education Course 

Author Name  : Ossi Autio, Jari Lavonen 

Synopsis  : 

Historically, technology educators have chosen the creation of products or projects as a means to teach technological concepts. Although it is true that technology is most commonly known by its products, in most educational situations technology is best described as a process. This paper describes a technology education course that promotes cooperative and creative problem-solving in primary school teacher education. The purpose of the course was to study creativity through analysing a special method for problem-solving and to create new pedagogical approaches in a learning environment, designed to promote active, co-operative, and problem-centred learning in technology education.