Seven Last Keywords: Vygotsky's Polytechnism in Russia, China, and Australia = Las últimas siete palabras clave: La politecnia de Vygotski en Rusia, China y Australia

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Title: Seven Last Keywords: Vygotsky's Polytechnism in Russia, China, and Australia = Las últimas siete palabras clave: La politecnia de Vygotski en Rusia, China y Australia
Language: English
Spanish
Authors: Jennifer Palisse, John Cripps Clark (ORCID 0000-0002-0335-6964), David Kellogg (ORCID 0000-0001-6837-5501), Mercè Rius Riu
Source: Culture and Education - Cultura y Educacion. 2026 38(2):269-297.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 29
Publication Date: 2026
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
Multilingual/Bilingual Materials
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Two Year Colleges
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technical Institutes, Career and Technical Education, Comparative Education, STEM Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Philosophy, Design, Technology, Skill Development
Geographic Terms: Russia, China, Australia
DOI: 10.1177/11356405261436208
ISSN: 1135-6405
1578-4118
Abstract: For us, "polytechnic" means something like a trade school rather than a general university; for the USSR and for China, it meant almost the opposite: learning to operate many different complex machines rather than learning tool-specific trades or farming. "Design and Technologies" has likewise begun to move from an emphasis on sewing and cooking for girls and wood and metalworking for boys to abstract and general notions of food and fibre production, computer-assisted design (CAD) and science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). In this paper, we lay out a methodology for studying this transition in a database of interviews with teachers who have just taken a graduate certificate course in how to teach it. We hypothesize that this transition can be summed up in seven "key" keywords, each of which distinguishes an interview from all of the others. Taken together, these keywords are not the last word on the last iteration of the course. But they might be the first words for the next one.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2026
Accession Number: EJ1515384
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:For us, "polytechnic" means something like a trade school rather than a general university; for the USSR and for China, it meant almost the opposite: learning to operate many different complex machines rather than learning tool-specific trades or farming. "Design and Technologies" has likewise begun to move from an emphasis on sewing and cooking for girls and wood and metalworking for boys to abstract and general notions of food and fibre production, computer-assisted design (CAD) and science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). In this paper, we lay out a methodology for studying this transition in a database of interviews with teachers who have just taken a graduate certificate course in how to teach it. We hypothesize that this transition can be summed up in seven "key" keywords, each of which distinguishes an interview from all of the others. Taken together, these keywords are not the last word on the last iteration of the course. But they might be the first words for the next one.
ISSN:1135-6405
1578-4118
DOI:10.1177/11356405261436208