Technological literacy in Finnish craft

Abstract

The research task is to ask, “How do craft teachers and student craft teachers perceive technological literacy (TL) in craft for comprehensive school in grades 1-9?”. TL in craft includes the conceptual and functional levels in this study. The conceptual level comprises general learning goals. The functional level comprises learning objectives, content, and methods. Empirical data were collected from Finnish student craft teachers (n=23) and craft teachers (n=56). Respondents perceived TL’s general goals and learning objectives to be very necessary, and a quite strong positive correlation was found. They perceived learning content and methods as somewhat necessary, and there were no significant connections between general learning goals and learning content and methods. There were no significant differences between the respondents’ different educational backgrounds. Overall, the respondents had a good perception of TL in craft. The question of how TL could connect to the learning of learning content and learning methods more deeply arises as a research and development target for the craft subject as in technology education worldwide.