The Reduction of Interest Among Elementary Students in the Field of Technical Education
Author(s) -
Tomáš Kozík,
Ivica Handlovská
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of engineering pedagogy (ijep)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 2192-4880
DOI - 10.3991/ijep.v1i3.1822
Subject(s) - reduction (mathematics) , mathematics education , field (mathematics) , psychology , computer science , mathematics , pure mathematics , geometry
There are several factors that bring down student interest in technical education within Slovakia and other European Union countries. Authors of this article have now considered one effective method that could improve this situation. This new method is to change of teaching strategies by applying methods of creative thinking. The article further examines the demonstration of these methods applied in elementary schools and defines barriers to their application in educational practice
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