Browsing by Author "Holopainen, Annmari"

Aims. Technology education in the first grades of primary school should be taught to the world of children’s experience because experiential learning has been shown to promote learning and the uptake of broad-based future skills. Creativity is utilized a lot in teaching that supports the experiential world of young children. Only little research has been done on the utilization of creativity in first-grade technology education in primary school. The aim of this study is to raise awareness of creative technology, education in the first grades of primary school and open up creative activities in technology dimensions. The aim of the study was to get an overview of creative technology education process and the occurrence of technology dimensions during that process. Methods. The research material was collected in the spring of 2021 during a project aimed at all first-graders in Finland. The project called Tämä Toimii! is developed by the Technology industry (2020). One class of 19 students and a teacher participated in this study. The class was from a medium-sized school in a medium-sized city of Kymenlaakso. The research material was collected using the teacher's notes, the researcher's direct observation and video recordings. The material was analyzed using the electronic Atlas.ti qualitative material content analysis program. Results and conclusions. The research results were presented using a Process-Rug analysis. A technology education project aimed at the first grades of primary school promoted the technological knowledge and skills of young pupils. As a result students developed a wide range of future skills. The technology dimensions were strongly present throughout the entity. Based on the research results, creative technology education that supports the world of experience and includes technological dimensions promotes the development of wide-ranging skills of young students.