What kinds of variation are made available in technology education?

• Five teachers from the Swedish compulsory school were interviewed about technologyand technology as a subject in school. One field of work for each of the teachers wasobserved. The analysis is under work based on the variation theory. The aim of thispaper is to present what kinds of variation that are made available in two teachersclassrooms. Examples from the data show that there are different kinds of variation inJohns1 and Gustavs teaching, but one kind more frequent than others. In Gustavs casethe principle-apply variation is most common, which means that there is afundamental idea needed to be understood by the students, for them to be capable tomake suitable choices and/or acts. In Johns case the most frequent kind of variation isthe example variation. It means that the examples of a specific aspect vary. Interestingto discuss is how these results affect the shape of the technology subject in the twoteachers classrooms

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Pedagogiskt arbete (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences -- Pedagogical Work (hsv//eng)

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Pedagogiskt arbete

Educational Work

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