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A comparison of Swedish and Irish secondary students' conceptions of engineers and engineering using the draw-an-engineer test
(ASEE, 2019-06)
Women are significantly underrepresented in engineering and engineering related disciplines. One area where this is clearly illustrated is in the percentage of females enrolled in higher education engineering courses. The ...
The importance and usefulness of comparative judgement for education assessment.
(ResearchED, 2019-02)
While comparative judgement has now been around for a number of years, it continues to be used in a variety of new ways and across multiple subjects. Jeffrey has specific experience using comparative judgement in design ...
The importance of supporting technological knowledge in post-primary education: a cohort study.
(Routledge, 2019)
ABSTRACT
Background: Substantial research highlights the differences between
scientific and technological knowledge. Considering that learning is
heavily focused on the acquisition of knowledge, it is important to
examine ...
Identifying, developing and grading 'soft skills' in higher education: a technological approach.
(HEIT, 2016-11)
Identifying, developing and grading soft skills, i.e., transversal cross-curricular competencies,
in higher education requires the recognition of key qualities, the capacity to discriminate
between these qualities and a ...
Investigating the role of visualisation in complex problem-solving across expertise in engineering education
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)
Spatial ability is proposed to play an important role in problem solving and may contribute to supporting engineering students in solving complex problems.
Hambrick, et al., in the context of geology, determined individuals ...
Agendas, influences, and capability: perspectives on practice in design and technology education.
(Springer, 2019)
A philosophical shift in policy now situates the development of technological
capability as the focus of Irish technology education. Internationally, the effectiveness of
curricular reform in the discipline has previously ...
Epistemological treatment of design in technology education
(Springer, 2022-10-18)
Design as a construct has multiple meanings depending on context, function, and agenda. This paper proposes to set out functions of design as it manifests in the context of technological activity for the purposes of ...
A conceptual framework for assessment of learning in technology classroom based assessments
(Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus, 2021-04-26)
The technology education curriculum in Ireland has gone through significant reform with the
introduction of four new subject specifications at lower secondary school level. These new technology
subjects were implemented ...
Outcome analyses of educational interventions: a case study of the Swedish “Boost of Technology” intervention.
(Springer, 2018)
In Sweden, there have been multiple large scale interventions to support compulsory school
teachers generally and within specific subjects. Due to the costs associated with such interventions it is critical that interim ...
Perspectives on engineering education from the world of practice
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-11-16)
This special issue on early career engineers responds to a key challenge in engineering education –
that of bringing the largely separate worlds of engineering education and engineering practice
closer together. There ...