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Birger Brevik Akershus University College, Norway

Teachers´ understanding of what LEGO Mindstorms can offer as a learning tool in Technical and vocational education schools . Birger Brevik Akershus University College, Norway. Projects backgrond. New Norwegian core curriculum in 2006

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Birger Brevik Akershus University College, Norway

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  1. Teachers´ understanding of what LEGO Mindstorms can offer as a learning tool in Technical and vocational education schools BirgerBrevik Akershus University College, Norway

  2. Projects backgrond • New Norwegian core curriculum in 2006 • The main task is to try out a praxis based on competence development program

  3. Main project title • LEGO & Learning • From work- process in the work life to learning tasks in the school

  4. Theoretical fundament • Constructionism(Seymour, 1980) • learning-by-making • The learning theory about constructionism involves two types of construction, a mental knowledge construction in the context of construction an meaningful artifact

  5. LEGO Mindstorms

  6. Methods

  7. Organizing and presenting data • Atlas.ti – the knowledge workbench • Software for qualitative data analysis, management, and model building

  8. Results

  9. Discussion • The teachers have heard about it… • Their understanding have been limited to the technical aspect • They who have used it, use it as a technical tool • They have had no specific pedagogical thoughts about the use of LEGO Mindstorms • The main focus for further working in the workshops has been on the pedagogical aspects • Introducing a model for technology in schools • A model that gives the students possibilities to construct a technological artefact

  10. Lifelong learning • This project is to implement a new learning tool for the experienced teachers, to change their teaching strategies

  11. An interacting design cycle (Layton, 1993)

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