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Nick Nielsen

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Technology Comprehension

2018

We account for the first research results from a government initiatedexperiment that scales Making to a national discipline.The Ministry of Education, in Denmark, has introducedTechnology Comprehension as a new discipline for lowersecondary education. Technology Comprehension is first experimentedas an elective subject in 13 schools. The disciplinecombines elements from computing, design, and the societalaspect of technology and, thus, resonates with the existingFabLearn and Making initiatives in Scandinavia. We reportthe identified opportunities and challenges based on interviews,surveys, and a theme discussion with experiencedteachers from the 13 schools. The main takeaways are: First,the…

Technology comprehensionDesignSecondary educationSubject (philosophy)02 engineering and technologyScalingEducationDisciplineMakingteknologiakasvatus020204 information systemsComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringMathematics educationta516National levelSociologyta113Computational thinking05 social sciencesCCTD050301 educationTeachersNationalComprehensiontechnology comprehensionChristian ministryComputational thinking0503 educationTheme (narrative)Proceedings of the Conference on Creativity and Making in Education
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