Att organisera högkvalitativ teknikundervisning : En studie om lärares uppfattningar av vad som kännetecknar högkvalitativ teknikundervisning och problemlösning i den tekniska arbetsprocessen

Sammanfattning: Skolinspektionen (2014) presents numerous weaknesses in the Swedish technology education in primary school. Their main message is that technology is a subject that must be made visible in Swedish primary schools. They also point out the fact that technology lessons contain too much practical work in relationship to the amount of discussion. To achieve highly effective technology teaching some areas must be improved. The purpose of this study is to contribute to the understanding of what effective technology teaching really is and how it may give pupils an opportunity to develop their problem-solving skill. This was researched through interviews with teachers teaching technology at a school with promising conditions to represent effective technology teaching. The result shows the importance of high quality teacher education, collegiality, functioning material management, efficient usage of time and an awareness of what kind of structure pupils should face in the technology education. Technology education with too much structure confines the pupils’ ability to be creative while solving problems. Teacher competence is crucial when actualizing effective technology teaching and including discussions to it on a daily basis.