Abstract

This study outlines the unit titles and detailed contents of the newly introduced construction technology in the 2022 revised curriculum for elementary school Practical Arts subjects. It outlines the tasks involved in the creation of construction structures. The research findings are as follows.
 First, the content encompasses understanding the meaning and characteristics of construction technology, exploring eco-friendly construction structures, and engaging in activities to create simple construction structures.
 Second, the content related to construction technology in middle school technology and home economics 1 subjects under the 2019 revised curriculum covers the meaning, understanding, system, world, characteristics, development, and prospects of construction technology, along with the production and use of construction structures, with tasks involving the creation of a house and a bridge.
 Third, the revised curriculum introduced construction technology as a comprehensive unit. Understanding construction technology and various construction structures, exploring eco-friendly construction structures in daily life, and participating in activities for creating construction structures were presented as middle units. Furthermore, smaller units include the meaning of construction technology, architectural technology, and civil engineering technology; the meaning of construction structures, architectural structures, and civil engineering structures; the exploration of eco-friendly construction structures; and making creative model houses and strong model bridges.
 Fourth, construction tasks involve building a model house and undertaking projects such as suspension bridges, cable-stayed bridges, and arch bridges.
 Fifth, according to the feedback from elementary school teachers, the content related to construction technology was appropriately structured. Constructing a model house was seen as an engaging task capable of capturing students' interest, and building model bridges was also deemed appropriate and engaging.

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