The Standing of Hands-On Learning in Education

Volume 11 Issue 3 November - January 2018

Research Paper

The Standing of Hands-On Learning in Education

Gisli Thorsteinsson* , Tom Page**

* Professor, Department of Design and Craft Education, Iceland University of Education, Iceland.

** Senior Lecturer, Loughborough Design School, United Kingdom.

Thorsteinsson, G., and Page, T. (2018). The Standing of Hands-On Learning in Education. i-manager’s Journal on Educational Psychology, 11(3), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.11.3.13873

Abstract

The article reports a research that reviewed the history and content of technical related subjects in order to consider the educational areas that have caused scepticism and the creation of stigma. A literary research was undertaken to identify issues. Subsequently, the authors firstly questioned the general public in order to assess their opinions; and secondly students, to achieve their academic capability and personal experiences of stigma. The stigma was found to be grounded around the achievement of practical skills which, due to the poor or limited interaction people have had during their education at a young age, was believed to encompass.