The Roots of Technical Learning and Thinking: Situating TLT in Schools

摘要: Technical thinking is defined as an aptitude, ingenuity, and affliction for solving practical problems through experience (Autio, Hansen, 2002). From the beginning of civilization such has been a significant part human existence (Burke & Ornstein, 1995; White, 1962). Learning associated with it natural instinct most people, young old, who work in technical field, pursue hobby, or teach subjects. Historically learning process, when formalized, involves apprenticing master passes along knowledge competence by showing, doing, discussing. Today formal considered many to be misplaced inefficient. Why can’t competencies taught using computers books? A closer examination basic nature form pedagogy that drives thought about helps address question underscores why question, rather than apprenticeship experiential itself, misplaced. It generally accepted education literature, classic more recent, (Gamble, 2001; Lehmann, 2007; Willis 1974), programs schools are rooted economic social soil. Adolescents adults “trained” workplace skill, enculturation, capital mind. initially, Lehmann recently, refer this “learning choosing labour.” The soil difficult understand. Cygnaeus, (cited Kananoja, 1999) he founded Finnish school system 19 century, was earliest articulate view. He pinpointed characteristic felt central health development children adults. Referring benefits handwork Cygnaeus argued pedagogical aim develop eye, sense ____________________