Examining Design and Craft Education in Iceland. Curriculum development and present situation
This article reports a research project that examined the background, status, understanding of and attitude to Design and Craft education (Hönnun og smíði) in Icelandic elementary schools. The main conclusions showed that certain aspects of Design and Craft need to be further defined in order to str...
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fthioojs:oai:ojs2.journals.hioa.no:article/110 2023-05-15T16:53:02+02:00 Examining Design and Craft Education in Iceland. Curriculum development and present situation Olafsson, Brynjar Thorsteinsson, Gisli 2010-12-30 application/pdf https://journals.oslomet.no/index.php/formakademisk/article/view/110 nor nor OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University (prev. Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences) https://journals.oslomet.no/index.php/formakademisk/article/view/110/96 https://journals.oslomet.no/index.php/formakademisk/article/view/110 Opphavsrett 2010 Brynjar Olafsson, Gisli Thorsteinsson FormAkademisk - research journal of design and design education; Vol. 3 No. 2 (2010) FormAkademisk - forskningstidsskrift for design og designdidaktikk; Vol 3 Nr 2 (2010) 1890-9515 Design and Craft (Hönnun og smíði) Sloyd pedagogy educational research evaluation The Icelandic National Curriculum info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2010 fthioojs 2021-10-19T20:05:33Z This article reports a research project that examined the background, status, understanding of and attitude to Design and Craft education (Hönnun og smíði) in Icelandic elementary schools. The main conclusions showed that certain aspects of Design and Craft need to be further defined in order to strengthen its position in the school system. Concepts were not clearly defined and research on Design and Craft education was lacking. The participants’ attitudes to Design and Craft were positive and the subject was popular amongst students. However, results showed a lack of understanding of the differences between basic terms such as Art, Design and Craft. All of the interviewees thought Design and Craft were important subjects for individualized learning and wanted to give them a more prominent role in general education. Design and Craft education in the Icelandic National Curriculum has not been fully realised. The research identified that schools have not allocated extra hours for the subjects, even though local authorities were supportive and flexibility existed in the time schedule. Lack of finances was, furthermore, not a hindrance to increased Design and Craft education. This article reports a research project that examined the background, status, understanding of and attitude to Design and Craft education (Hönnun og smíði) in Icelandic elementary schools. The main conclusions showed that certain aspects of Design and Craft need to be further defined in order to strengthen its position in the school system. Concepts were not clearly defined and research on Design and Craft education was lacking. The participants’ attitudes to Design and Craft were positive and the subject was popular amongst students. However, results showed a lack of understanding of the differences between basic terms such as Art, Design and Craft. All of the interviewees thought Design and Craft were important subjects for individualized learning and wanted to give them a more prominent role in general education. Design and Craft education in the Icelandic National Curriculum has not been fully realised. The research identified that schools have not allocated extra hours for the subjects, even though local authorities were supportive and flexibility existed in the time schedule. Lack of finances was, furthermore, not a hindrance to increased Design and Craft education. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences (HiOA): Open Access Journals |
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This article reports a research project that examined the background, status, understanding of and attitude to Design and Craft education (Hönnun og smíði) in Icelandic elementary schools. The main conclusions showed that certain aspects of Design and Craft need to be further defined in order to strengthen its position in the school system. Concepts were not clearly defined and research on Design and Craft education was lacking. The participants’ attitudes to Design and Craft were positive and the subject was popular amongst students. However, results showed a lack of understanding of the differences between basic terms such as Art, Design and Craft. All of the interviewees thought Design and Craft were important subjects for individualized learning and wanted to give them a more prominent role in general education. Design and Craft education in the Icelandic National Curriculum has not been fully realised. The research identified that schools have not allocated extra hours for the subjects, even though local authorities were supportive and flexibility existed in the time schedule. Lack of finances was, furthermore, not a hindrance to increased Design and Craft education. This article reports a research project that examined the background, status, understanding of and attitude to Design and Craft education (Hönnun og smíði) in Icelandic elementary schools. The main conclusions showed that certain aspects of Design and Craft need to be further defined in order to strengthen its position in the school system. Concepts were not clearly defined and research on Design and Craft education was lacking. The participants’ attitudes to Design and Craft were positive and the subject was popular amongst students. However, results showed a lack of understanding of the differences between basic terms such as Art, Design and Craft. All of the interviewees thought Design and Craft were important subjects for individualized learning and wanted to give them a more prominent role in general education. Design and Craft education in the Icelandic National Curriculum has not been fully realised. The research identified that schools have not allocated extra hours for the subjects, even though local authorities were supportive and flexibility existed in the time schedule. Lack of finances was, furthermore, not a hindrance to increased Design and Craft education. |
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Examining Design and Craft Education in Iceland. Curriculum development and present situation |
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Examining Design and Craft Education in Iceland. Curriculum development and present situation |
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Examining Design and Craft Education in Iceland. Curriculum development and present situation |
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Examining Design and Craft Education in Iceland. Curriculum development and present situation |
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Examining Design and Craft Education in Iceland. Curriculum development and present situation |
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examining design and craft education in iceland. curriculum development and present situation |
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OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University (prev. Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences) |
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FormAkademisk - research journal of design and design education; Vol. 3 No. 2 (2010) FormAkademisk - forskningstidsskrift for design og designdidaktikk; Vol 3 Nr 2 (2010) 1890-9515 |
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https://journals.oslomet.no/index.php/formakademisk/article/view/110/96 https://journals.oslomet.no/index.php/formakademisk/article/view/110 |
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