OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Technology and Design Education is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
An exploration of an interprofessional embedded educational model between occupational therapy and industrial design: a qualitative hermeneutical phenomenological inquiry	80
Correction to: Investigating changes in preservice teachers’ conceptions of technological literacy	67
Cultivating empathy and upgrading design decisions of students: the impact of simulating public transit experiences of individuals with mild visual impairments	60
Correlates between imagination types and abilities in designing works	52
The mediating role of creative problem solving between design thinking and self-efficacy in STEM teaching for STEM teacher candidates	48
Gender disparity in STEM education: a survey research on girl participants in World Robot Olympiad	35
Integrating story-based STEM design challenges in early childhood curricula: an activity theory perspective	31
Pedagogical approaches for eliciting students’ design thinking strategies: tell-and-practice vs. contrasting cases	29
Designing Maker initiatives for educational inclusion	26
Teachers’ cognitive beliefs about their assessment and use of tools when evaluating students’ learning of technological systems: a questionnaire study	23
The effect of a STEM integrated curriculum on design thinking dispositions in middle school students	23
A systematic literature review of student evaluation of peer exemplars and implications for design, Technology, and Engineering Learning	23
Entrepreneurship, STEM attitude, and career interest development through 6E learning byDeSIGN™ model based STEM education	21
Situating technology teachers’ personal PCK: an investigation of the material preconditions for technology education in Sweden	21
Design thinking in early childhood education and care. A literature review and consideration from the perspective of young learners’ craft, design, and technology education	21
STEM education goals in the twenty-first century: Teachers’ perceptions and experiences	20
The distant studio: a survey of design students’ experience with distance educational formats	20
Conceptions of nature of technology in educational research: a systematic literature review	18
Technological determinism? Exploring students’ deliberations on renewable energy technology	17
Estimating the replicability of technology education research	17
Influence of empathic design process on universally designed kitchen environments in an online project-based course	17
Fostering technologies literacy: integrating technical vocabulary into the primary school Technologies curriculum for young learners	16
Computational thinking and entrepreneurship in robotics-supported engineering design-based 2E-STEM education: an environmental education process	15
Exploring contexts: the connection between mathematics and electricals/electronics for pre-service technical teachers	15
The Effects of Implicit Belief of Intelligence on Metacognitive Skills and Project Design Engagement in an invention practice	15

Industrial designers' thinking in the stage of concept generation for social design: themes, strategies and modes	14
Construction of a sustainable design competency assessment system for fashion designers in China	14
The impact analysis of education on raising awareness towards climate change and energy efficiency	13
The relationship between the teacher’s approach to teaching and the student’s attitude toward technology in Croatian primary schools	13
Discovering the meaning of creativity in instructional design. A co-creation and concept mapping approach	13
Designing integrated STEM curriculum to enhance STEM literacy among middle school students: insights from Chinese context	12
Impact of design thinking in higher education: a multi-actor perspective on problem solving and creativity	12
Framing a holistic model of reasoning in the design process in technology education	11
Research on K-12 maker education in the early 2020s – a systematic literature review	11
Act like a user, work like a teacher: evaluation of experience design works through peer-testing	11
A meta-analysis to explore the role of design thinking in enhancing creativity as learning outcomes in STEM education	11
Co-making the future: crafting tomorrow with insights and perspectives from the China-U.S. young maker competition	10
An update to the technology education teaching framework: factors that support and hinder technology education teachers in Canada	10
Body, dance and abstraction for spatial and structural comprehension in the first year of design education	10
Engineering requirements and their role in engineering undergraduates’ design decision making	10
A card-based design tool for supporting design thinking in elementary students	10
The role of gender in Chinese junior high students’ self-efficacy, creative thinking and project-based learning perceived value in technology and engineering education	10
Contradictions and paradoxes in design-centric engineering education: a complex responsive processes perspective	10
Creativity in textile printing design: An integrative framework in design education	10
Exploring humorous design techniques in product through incongruity-resolution theory	10
Comparative analysis of hand and VR sketching: impact of immersion on Idea generation in product design education	10
A multimodal study of augmented reality in the architectural design studio	10
Exploring the effects of a video clip and prior experience with an example on enhancing the design ideation of master’s students: a two-condition comparative study	9
Interdisciplinary integrative capabilities as a catalyst of responsible technology-enabled innovation: A higher education case study of Design MSc dissertation projects	9
A closer look at the relationship between course enrollment size and accident occurrences in hands-on engineering design-based STEM courses	9
Who counts? Legitimate solutions in construction activities in preschool	8
“You give a little bit more love to animals than to robots”: primary pupils’ conceptions of ‘programming’ and programmable artefacts	8
Exploring the architectural design process assisted in conventional design studio: a systematic literature review	8
The impact of the design thinking model on pre-service teachers’ creativity self-efficacy, inventive problem-solving skills, and technology-related motivation	8
A phenomenographic study of Chinese primary school students’ conceptions about technology	8
Computer programming in primary schools: Swedish Technology Teachers’ pedagogical strategies	8
Effects of design thinking STEAM instruction on AI learning and creativity	8
Use of personas in co-designing learning experiences with teachers: An exploratory case study	8
Assessing the state of technology education in primary schools: a systematic review of the last 2 decades	8
The technological physical laboratory to achieve improvements in the quality of learning in epistemic terms	8
Enhancing industrial design students’ motivation and learning in Model-Making workshops: video tutorials as interventions	8
Models and modelling in secondary technology and engineering education	8
Book reviews	7
Sustainable computing in STEAM generative education: integrating biology, art, science of design and engineering with nature	7
The influence of subjective knowledge, technophobia and perceived enjoyment on design students’ intention to use artificial intelligence design tools	7
Kindergarten Teachers’ Perceptions of AI Literacy Education for Young Children	7
A holistic look at creativity: evaluating pupils’ creative design ideation and prototypes through comparative judgment	7
Impact of implementing digital tools in the basic design studios on the students’ design process in the following years	7
Exploring the metaphoric nature of programming teachers’ reflections on action - a case study with teaching in mind	7
Teachers’ pedagogical beliefs in Norwegian school makerspaces	7
Exploring the impact of self-regulated learning intervention on students' strategy use and performance in a design studio course	7
Engaging solution-based design process for integrated STEM program development: an exploratory study through autoethnographic design practice	7
A principle-based philosophical framework for fashion design praxis and education in new design landscapes	6
Industrial Design education in Australia: a competence analysis across primary, secondary and tertiary education levels	6
Towards an integrated model of STEM education in secondary schools: perspectives of practicing teachers in Ireland	6

Where are the girls? reflections on gender and technology education	6
What can first-year undergraduate students “envision” from a pandemic?	6
Investigating the role of spatial thinking in children’s design ideation through an open-ended design-by-analogy challenge	6
Technical science capital in relation to how students manage within higher technical education	6
Insights from bauhaus innovation for education and workplaces in a post-pandemic world	6
Exploring the nature and role of student-to-student talk and questioning among young children in technology and design education	6
HildaRuth Beaumont with Torben Steeg, design and technology in your school. Principles for curriculum, pedagogy and assessment. London and New York: Routledge, 2024	6