The purpose of this study was to develop hands-on activity based production technology curriculum by objective model at the secondary school. For the purpose of the study, the following three major stages were conducted in order:1. Preparation stage i...
The purpose of this study was to develop hands-on activity based production technology curriculum by objective model at the secondary school. For the purpose of the study, the following three major stages were conducted in order:1. Preparation stage including the need analysis for learner, society, curriculum.2. Development stage consisted of (1) making production technology curriculum framework, (2) choosing production technology curriculum goals and objectives, (3) choosing contents of production technology and (4) organizing chosen contents of production technology.3. Improvement stage including (1) the evaluation by curriculum experts and (2) the improvement of production technology curriculum. The results of this study were summarized as following;1. Generated technology curriculum framework had three levels (introduction, exploration, and problem solving) and four technology curriculum contents (production, transportation, communication, bio-related technology) at the secondary school. 2. Objectives and contents in production technology was selected and organized bye development stages. Developed production technology curriculum is in the form of "course outline", "course objective", and "large instruction area", "middle instruction are" as each course. Especially, exploration course in production technology have four subordinate course of "production technology system", "production material and process", "production planning and design", and "production and automation" and are selective course. Also, large instruction area include explanations on scope and level of contents and the exemplary hand-on activity.