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On 21 December, Mart Soobik from the Tallinn University School of Educational Sciences will defend his doctoral thesis “Innovative Trends in Technology Education. Teachers’ and Students’ Assessments of Technology Education in Estonian Basic Schools / Innovaatilised trendid tehnoloogiaõpetsuses. Eesti põhikooli õpetajate ja õpilaste hinnangud tehnoloogiaõpetusele”, in which he research the possibilities to apply a novel approach in technology education.

Technology education lessons have hitherto been a platform of forwarding traditional skills. The rapid development of technology has brought along new possibilities, but it is vital for the teachers to learn these first. Soobik’s thesis focuses on the bottlenecks that must be taken into account when applying novel study programmes, to support the teachers teaching these new methods.

Soobik has created a theoretical model of technology education, based on the philosophy of technology, that helps explain the concurrence of various components in the study process, in which students will design an artefact, by solving a problem or creating a product. Such a process supports the students’ development in technological literacy, creativity, problem-solving and risk management, and focuses on their coping with the future society.

The supervisor of the thesis in Professor Emeritus Leida Talts from Tallinn University. His opponents are Associate Professor Esa-Matti Järvinen from the University of Eastern Finland and Professor Eila Lindfors from University of Turku.

The public defence of the thesis will take place on December 21^st at 12:00 at the Tallinn University auditorium M-213 (Uus-Sadama 5).

The PhD Thesis is available at the TU Academic Library e-vault .

Additional information: Ursula Haava, Specialist of Doctoral Studies, +372 6 409 363. ursula.haava@tlu.ee.