Lifelong Learn. 2014, 4, 23-44
Selected Issues in Didactics of Technical Subjects: Didactic Approaches to Defining and Structuring Technical Subjects As a Scientific and Academic Discipline
The present survey study aims to present the results of the authors’ work and own research in the area of defining and structuring didactic of technical courses with a focus on secondary technical education. The overall objective is to contribute to the issue of didactics of technical courses in the area. After defining the problem we will deal with the current state of the problem, the wider context of the issue and the concept of didactics of technical courses while implying of our own conclusions and opinions. The result can serve to specialized didacticians of technical and science subjects in this area as inspiration for their work. However, it can also serve to specialized didacticians of other subjects as well as to students of teacher training for vocational and practical subjects in secondary vocational schools. A critical analysis of resources and studies in this area has brought us to our own conclusions in the area of defining this specialized didactics, and we present them in the study.
