Technology education in primary school in Sweden: A study of teachers views on teaching strategies and subject content

摘要

Technology education in Sweden has been a mandatory subject in compulsory school since the mid-1980s. Its origins are in metal and wood working, but it has developed into an interdisciplinary subject that includes crafts, engineering science and the history of technology. The current curriculum, introduced in 2011, and current school law allow teachers a great deal of freedom when designing teaching activities. The purpose of this paper is to describe how four different technology teachers organize their teaching, especially how hands-on workshop activities are used when teaching the varying contents of the subject.