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International Journal of Technology and Design Education

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Teaching science through designing technology

verfasst von: Mai M. Sidawi

Erschienen in: International Journal of Technology and Design Education | Ausgabe 3/2009

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This paper is a review of the literature related to teaching science through designing technology. The premise of this method is that designing technology presents the students with the context through which they can apply the science concepts they learned and thus enhancing their understanding of these concepts. Despite the promise of this method, teachers attempting it were faced by many challenges such as: (1) teachers did not have a grasp of the complex relationship between science and technology and assumed that technology was simply applied science, (2) the students were not able to transfer their learning of science to designing technology, (3) teachers did not have a deep understanding of the design process and tried to teach it as a linear, context-free process without regard to the context of the problem. The purpose of this paper is to extract from the literature a better understanding of teaching science through designing technology and the elements that teachers need to satisfy in order to increase their chances of successfully implementing this method in the classroom.

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Titel: Teaching science through designing technology
verfasst von: Mai M. Sidawi
Publikationsdatum: 01.08.2009
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: International Journal of Technology and Design Education / Ausgabe 3/2009
Print ISSN: 0957-7572
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-1804
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-007-9045-1

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