期刊名称：Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education
印刷版ISSN：1305-8223
电子版ISSN：1305-8223
出版年度：2016
卷号：12
期号：2
页码：249-266
DOI：10.12973/eurasia.2016.1201a
出版社：Pamukkale Univ Dept Sci Education
摘要：Education hastraditionally focused primarily on content and cognitive goals. While contentknowledge is important, to enter to the labour market today, graduates mustalso develop manual skills and technical literacy. The paper deals withengineering and technology education in Slovenia. It portrays the problem ofthe decline in interest in technical studies, seeks reasons behind this andadvances proposals for improving the situation. The main goal of our researchis the wish to identify and explore potential epistemological obstacles to abetter appreciation of STEM education among lower secondary school students,and to offer solutions to the problem. The results of the study showed that practical and hands-on activities are, toa large extent, lacking in lower secondary education in Slovenia. The findings call for redesigned curricula andreform of teacher education towards more practically oriented and inspiringteaching.
关键词：hands-onactivities; lower secondary school; science and engineering education;technology literacy
