Informing a pedagogy for design and problem-solving in hard materials by theorising technologists’ learning experiences |
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Authors: | Patricia Potter Bev France |
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Institution: | 1.Pompalllier Catholic College,Whangarei,New Zealand;2.The University of Auckland,Auckland,New Zealand |
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Abstract: | Design and problem solving are central to technology and have distinguished learning in technology from other curriculum areas. This research investigated how expert technologists learn design and problem solving through experience. Data was collected from four expert technologists and this information was analysed using learning theories that focus on learning through experience—that is experiential learning theory, situated cognition, distributed cognition and activity theory. This framework of analysis provided evidence that learning through experience is central to these experts’ development and justify a broader construct of experience than normally associated with hard materials. This information supports curriculum development in hard materials technology that employs a wide range of experiences and provides justification for curriculum developers and teachers to justify, inform and develop effective design and problem solving learning programmes focussed on a broadened construct of experience. |
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