An article about a specific pedagogical approach.

Drain (2010) describes in his article 'Justification of the Dual-Phase Project Based Pedagogical Approach in a Primary School Technology Unit' a case study in a primary classroom within a project-based approach by using the Cognitive Apprenticeship as a theoretical framework.
The project-based approach is provided with a dual-phase plan, which means that in the first phase students learn the technological skills and knowledge needed for the second phase, where they engage in project activities. This article aims to justify this approach by using the Cognitive Apprenticeship (CA) Framework.
The class activities were observed and compared with the principles of the CA framework. The research showed that the dual-phase approach was succesfull in a primary technology unit, because the teacher could suport the development of knowledge and skills and support the students to complete indipendent technological practice projects. The CAframework principles were achieved in the implementation of the dual-phase approach.

This article is interesting because it combine the CAframework and the dual-phase approach in a primary education within technology. It could offer teacher evidence and convince teachers to use technology and different approaches in education.

http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/EJ882752.pdf