Acquisition of Skills Woodworking through Different Methods of Learning in Technology Education at Junior High School

Abstract

As regards to the three kinds of processing methods, "Sawing", "Nailing", and "Planing" in the field of Woodworking for processing practice in Technology Education, the researcher clarified the situation about students' acquisition of skills by means of measuring changes of their skills. Experiments were carried out twice on freshmen students who have not learned any Woodworking lesson yet. Students were divided into three groups, that is, "Teacher-instructing Group", "Self-training Group", and "Uninstructed Group". At the next stage, after the students experienced wood processing in the field of Woodworking, the researcher performed experiments by allowing them to process wood material according to the three processing methods as mentioned above. Also, the researcher investigated about the situation on their acquisition of skills as a whole. From the experiments as mentioned above, it has been made clear that "skills can be improved and developed by realizing the function and mechanism of each tool, grasping how to use it and practicing its use repeatedly". It has also turned out that "correct recognition of skills" and "repetition of skills" are necessary for acquisition of skills.