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The Implementation Of Design Education In Lower Secondary School Industrial Arts Units, Rod Slater
The Implementation Of Design Education In Lower Secondary School Industrial Arts Units, Rod Slater
Theses : Honours
This study identifies 'if' and 'how' design education is incorporated in lower secondary school Industrial Arts units, and determines if teacher training and teachers' perceptions of certain issues, are influential in the use of design education. A stratified random sample (50 teachers in 25 schools) was taken from all government secondary schools in W.A. The participants were surveyed with a postal questionnaire, and a follow-up interview was conducted with a selection of the respondents. There was a return rate of 84%. Data analysis determined the frequency distribution for structured questions and organized the data for non structured items into groups …