WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development
Print ISSN: 1790-5079, E-ISSN: 2224-3496
Volume 20, 2024
Development of Pupils' Key Competencies in the Subject of Technology in Slovakia and The Czech Republic
Authors: , , , , ,
Abstract: The contribution is focused on key competencies and the development of key competencies of primary school pupils in the subject of Technology (work-based teaching) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In the first part, the authors describe the concept of key competencies, competencies in the work of a teacher, and then the authors reflect on the key competencies that pupils should achieve in the subject of technology after finishing primary school and show some possibilities for achieving these competencies. In the second part of the article, the authors used the questionnaire method to investigate what competencies students acquire during lessons on the subject of Technology. The research sample consisted of 3516 pupils from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. When comparing the results, it is shown that approximately the same results are achieved in the subject of Technology and they also show the students' preference for materials in their work.
This contribution aims to point out the importance of developing the key competencies of pupils in the subject Technology and work-based teaching and in the empirical part to try to show what competencies pupils will acquire in primary school.
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Keywords: Competences, technics education, work-based teaching, technical skills, questionnaire, research methods
Pages: 735-744
DOI: 10.37394/232015.2024.20.70