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How Pupils Solve Problems in Technology Education and What They Learn

The Teaching-Learning Process for Transmitting Artefacts, Skills and Knowledge

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Fostering Human Development Through Engineering and Technology Education

Part of the book series: International Technology Education Studies ((ITES,volume 6))

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As is the case in several countries, the development of technology education in France involves a process of transmitting inter-generational knowledge aimed at children to develop their understanding of the technical world in which they live and to which they will contribute in structuring and helping to evolve. This process is, first and foremost, a cultural one; it is a matter of leading children to acquire knowledge that is socially shared by society. Beyond the social sharing of existing knowledge, gateways for children to enter into the adult world are also targeted. One of the roles of schooling is a social one that aims at educating future citizens by allowing them to build the knowledge they will need in order to be able to live and act responsibly within society. The notion of the school’s social role exists from the moment that a society, using its political leverage, decides to hand the responsibility for conveying the social knowledge that governs it to a teacher, so that children use the learning of such knowledge to evolve socially.

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Ginestié, J. (2011). How Pupils Solve Problems in Technology Education and What They Learn. In: Barak, M., Hacker, M. (eds) Fostering Human Development Through Engineering and Technology Education. International Technology Education Studies, vol 6. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-549-9_10

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