CHALLENGES OF TEACHERS TO INTEGRATE ESD DESIGN ACTIVITIES IN TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION IN JAPANESE PUBLIC JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS

Xinyu Wang; Leon Loh; Keita Sera

doi:10.35199/EPDE.2023.23

CHALLENGES OF TEACHERS TO INTEGRATE ESD DESIGN ACTIVITIES IN TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION IN JAPANESE PUBLIC JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS

Xinyu Wang, Leon Loh, Keita Sera

Department of Design Futures

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Abstract

The study aims to clarify teachers’ challenges in Technology Education (TE) when implementing Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) design activities into the curriculum in Japanese public junior high schools. The current research is conducted as a case study. The main participants of this study were four TE teachers currently teaching in public junior high schools in Nara City, Japan. A questionnaire survey for TE teachers and a field survey were conducted. According to the findings, the main barriers faced by teachers are a low understanding of ESD and design, low motivation to implement ESD design activities, insufficient teaching materials, and limited teaching time, which prevent TE teachers from integrating ESD design activities into the curriculum as new learning content. A suggestion proposed is that the current TE curriculum can be redesigned through project-based learning (PBL) to regroup and integrate all the learning contents into ESD design activities. Therefore, this study provided a possible new framework for redesigning a new TE curriculum.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education
Subtitle of host publication	Responsible Innovation for Global Co-Habitation, E and PDE 2023
Editors	Isabel Ordonez Pizarro, Paolo Sustersic, Lyndon Buck, Hilary Grierson, Erik Bohemia
Publisher	The Design Society
Pages	133-138
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781912254194
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.35199/EPDE.2023.23
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	25th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2023 - Barcelona, Spain Duration: Sept 7 2023 → Sept 8 2023

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Name	Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Responsible Innovation for Global Co-Habitation, E and PDE 2023

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Conference	25th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2023
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Barcelona
Period	9/7/23 → 9/8/23

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Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Education

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Wang, X., Loh, L., & Sera, K. (2023). CHALLENGES OF TEACHERS TO INTEGRATE ESD DESIGN ACTIVITIES IN TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION IN JAPANESE PUBLIC JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS. In I. Ordonez Pizarro, P. Sustersic, L. Buck, H. Grierson, & E. Bohemia (Eds.), Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Responsible Innovation for Global Co-Habitation, E and PDE 2023 (pp. 133-138). (Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Responsible Innovation for Global Co-Habitation, E and PDE 2023). The Design Society. https://doi.org/10.35199/EPDE.2023.23

CHALLENGES OF TEACHERS TO INTEGRATE ESD DESIGN ACTIVITIES IN TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION IN JAPANESE PUBLIC JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS. / Wang, Xinyu; Loh, Leon; Sera, Keita.
Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Responsible Innovation for Global Co-Habitation, E and PDE 2023. ed. / Isabel Ordonez Pizarro; Paolo Sustersic; Lyndon Buck; Hilary Grierson; Erik Bohemia. The Design Society, 2023. p. 133-138 (Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Responsible Innovation for Global Co-Habitation, E and PDE 2023).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Wang, X, Loh, L & Sera, K 2023, CHALLENGES OF TEACHERS TO INTEGRATE ESD DESIGN ACTIVITIES IN TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION IN JAPANESE PUBLIC JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS. in I Ordonez Pizarro, P Sustersic, L Buck, H Grierson & E Bohemia (eds), Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Responsible Innovation for Global Co-Habitation, E and PDE 2023. Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Responsible Innovation for Global Co-Habitation, E and PDE 2023, The Design Society, pp. 133-138, 25th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, E and PDE 2023, Barcelona, Spain, 9/7/23. https://doi.org/10.35199/EPDE.2023.23

Wang X, Loh L, Sera K. CHALLENGES OF TEACHERS TO INTEGRATE ESD DESIGN ACTIVITIES IN TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION IN JAPANESE PUBLIC JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS. In Ordonez Pizarro I, Sustersic P, Buck L, Grierson H, Bohemia E, editors, Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Responsible Innovation for Global Co-Habitation, E and PDE 2023. The Design Society. 2023. p. 133-138. (Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Responsible Innovation for Global Co-Habitation, E and PDE 2023). doi: 10.35199/EPDE.2023.23

Wang, Xinyu ; Loh, Leon ; Sera, Keita. / CHALLENGES OF TEACHERS TO INTEGRATE ESD DESIGN ACTIVITIES IN TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION IN JAPANESE PUBLIC JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS. Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Responsible Innovation for Global Co-Habitation, E and PDE 2023. editor / Isabel Ordonez Pizarro ; Paolo Sustersic ; Lyndon Buck ; Hilary Grierson ; Erik Bohemia. The Design Society, 2023. pp. 133-138 (Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Responsible Innovation for Global Co-Habitation, E and PDE 2023).

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