OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Technology and Design Education is 7. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
An exploration of an interprofessional embedded educational model between occupational therapy and industrial design: a qualitative hermeneutical phenomenological inquiry	96
The mediating role of creative problem solving between design thinking and self-efficacy in STEM teaching for STEM teacher candidates	79
Correction to: Investigating changes in preservice teachers’ conceptions of technological literacy	72
Investigating generative artificial intelligence’s role in logo design pedagogy: effects on learning experience and outcomes	57
Correlates between imagination types and abilities in designing works	46
Gender disparity in STEM education: a survey research on girl participants in World Robot Olympiad	40
Leadership development as a missed opportunity in design and technology education	39
Understanding visual product language in industrial design education: a four-phase pedagogical approach	39
“Empathy is my favorite word”: Facilitating design thinking mindset through modular learning and self-assessments in an online course	37
Teachers’ cognitive beliefs about their assessment and use of tools when evaluating students’ learning of technological systems: a questionnaire study	37
Cultivating empathy and upgrading design decisions of students: the impact of simulating public transit experiences of individuals with mild visual impairments	37
A systematic literature review of student evaluation of peer exemplars and implications for design, Technology, and Engineering Learning	36
The distant studio: a survey of design students’ experience with distance educational formats	34
Integrating story-based STEM design challenges in early childhood curricula: an activity theory perspective	34
The effect of a STEM integrated curriculum on design thinking dispositions in middle school students	32
Conceptions of nature of technology in educational research: a systematic literature review	31
Entrepreneurship, STEM attitude, and career interest development through 6E learning byDeSIGN™ model based STEM education	27
Situating technology teachers’ personal PCK: an investigation of the material preconditions for technology education in Sweden	26
Design thinking in early childhood education and care. A literature review and consideration from the perspective of young learners’ craft, design, and technology education	26
STEM education goals in the twenty-first century: Teachers’ perceptions and experiences	24
Opportunities for bridging technology education and sustainability	23
Perceptions of virtual nature among design students: implications for well-being and restorative design education	22
Why design and technology education never settled, and may never: a historical-conceptual analysis of a hybrid curriculum	22
The relationship between the teacher’s approach to teaching and the student’s attitude toward technology in Croatian primary schools	21
Navigating didactic complexity: how teacher educators create learning opportunities	21

Estimating the replicability of technology education research	20
Designing integrated STEM curriculum to enhance STEM literacy among middle school students: insights from Chinese context	20
Exploring contexts: the connection between mathematics and electricals/electronics for pre-service technical teachers	20
The impact analysis of education on raising awareness towards climate change and energy efficiency	19
Influence of empathic design process on universally designed kitchen environments in an online project-based course	18
Technological determinism? Exploring students’ deliberations on renewable energy technology	17
Fostering technologies literacy: integrating technical vocabulary into the primary school Technologies curriculum for young learners	17
Discovering the meaning of creativity in instructional design. A co-creation and concept mapping approach	17
Computational thinking and entrepreneurship in robotics-supported engineering design-based 2E-STEM education: an environmental education process	17
The Effects of Implicit Belief of Intelligence on Metacognitive Skills and Project Design Engagement in an invention practice	17
Implicit and explicit aspects of design learning: unveiling the hidden curriculum	16
The impact of school-enterprise cooperative courses on the professional identity of young designers	16
Construction of a sustainable design competency assessment system for fashion designers in China	16
Framing a holistic model of reasoning in the design process in technology education	15
A meta-analysis to explore the role of design thinking in enhancing creativity as learning outcomes in STEM education	15
The role of gender in Chinese junior high students’ self-efficacy, creative thinking and project-based learning perceived value in technology and engineering education	15
Body, dance and abstraction for spatial and structural comprehension in the first year of design education	15
An update to the technology education teaching framework: factors that support and hinder technology education teachers in Canada	15
Deconstructing and reconstructing the design/craft divide: Insights from teaching women's needlecraft in design education	15
Creativity in textile printing design: An integrative framework in design education	15
Comparative analysis of hand and VR sketching: impact of immersion on Idea generation in product design education	14
A multimodal study of augmented reality in the architectural design studio	14
Co-making the future: crafting tomorrow with insights and perspectives from the China-U.S. young maker competition	14
Architecture live projects: learning from a 2-year action research study	14
Reconstructing engineering-oriented STEM curriculum through an evidence-driven recursive learning model: insights from deep-tech product development	14
A closer look at the relationship between course enrollment size and accident occurrences in hands-on engineering design-based STEM courses	13
Research on K-12 maker education in the early 2020s – a systematic literature review	13
A card-based design tool for supporting design thinking in elementary students	13
Who counts? Legitimate solutions in construction activities in preschool	12
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	12
Exploring how graduate engineering researchers approach AI sustainability: perceptions, design considerations, and impact assessment	12
Interdisciplinary integrative capabilities as a catalyst of responsible technology-enabled innovation: A higher education case study of Design MSc dissertation projects	12
Enhancing industrial design students’ motivation and learning in Model-Making workshops: video tutorials as interventions	11
The impact of the design thinking model on pre-service teachers’ creativity self-efficacy, inventive problem-solving skills, and technology-related motivation	11
Use of personas in co-designing learning experiences with teachers: An exploratory case study	11
Engineering requirements and their role in engineering undergraduates’ design decision making	11
Assessing the state of technology education in primary schools: a systematic review of the last 2 decades	11
Exploring the integration of generative design in STEM classrooms: student perceptions and learning experiences	11
“You give a little bit more love to animals than to robots”: primary pupils’ conceptions of ‘programming’ and programmable artefacts	10
Correction to: Effect of reverse engineering program on engineering attitude and stem career motivation of high school students in republic of Korea	10
The technological physical laboratory to achieve improvements in the quality of learning in epistemic terms	10
Computer programming in primary schools: Swedish Technology Teachers’ pedagogical strategies	10
Models and modelling in secondary technology and engineering education	10
Exploring the impact of self-regulated learning intervention on students' strategy use and performance in a design studio course	9
Effects of design thinking STEAM instruction on AI learning and creativity	9
Kindergarten Teachers’ Perceptions of AI Literacy Education for Young Children	9
A holistic look at creativity: evaluating pupils’ creative design ideation and prototypes through comparative judgment	9
Exploring the architectural design process assisted in conventional design studio: a systematic literature review	9
An examination of secondary-level technology subject learning outcomes in Ireland	9
Undergraduate architecture design studios in transition: a critical review of evolving methods and practices	9

Sustainable computing in STEAM generative education: integrating biology, art, science of design and engineering with nature	9
Rethinking architectural design education and practice with AI: a cognitive–social–technical perspective	9
Book reviews	9
Teachers’ pedagogical beliefs in Norwegian school makerspaces	8
Impact of implementing digital tools in the basic design studios on the students’ design process in the following years	8
The influence of subjective knowledge, technophobia and perceived enjoyment on design students’ intention to use artificial intelligence design tools	8
Craft, design, and technology education in Finnish early childhood education: Professionals’ perceptions of implementation	8
Exploring the metaphoric nature of programming teachers’ reflections on action - a case study with teaching in mind	8
What can first-year undergraduate students “envision” from a pandemic?	7
A principle-based philosophical framework for fashion design praxis and education in new design landscapes	7
Investigating the role of spatial thinking in children’s design ideation through an open-ended design-by-analogy challenge	7
Where are the girls? reflections on gender and technology education	7
Industrial Design education in Australia: a competence analysis across primary, secondary and tertiary education levels	7
Exploring the nature and role of student-to-student talk and questioning among young children in technology and design education	7
Towards an integrated model of STEM education in secondary schools: perspectives of practicing teachers in Ireland	7
Mapping makerspaces in education: a meta-systematic review	7