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A fundamental shift in philosophy of the technology education system in Ireland towards design driven subjects brought with it a need to develop practising teacher’s technological capabilities. This paper is concerned with the exploration and development of freehand sketching as a support tool for visual synthesis and creative discovery during design driven activities.  \nThe fundamental hypothesis tested was whether a set of empirically derived activities ranging from observation to imagination, improved the ability of students with novice sketching ability to develop, manipulate and synthesise graphical libraries through the medium of freehand sketching.  \n124 students of an Initial Technology Teacher Education programme participated in a journey through the activities as part ofa third year undergraduate Design and Communication Graphics module. The study was carried out over a four week period, it involved eight hours of classroom based instruction and the sketching ability of all students was measured pre and post-instruction.  \nResults from the study reveal a statistically significant increase in student’s ability to freehand sketch with notable improvement in their fluency and ability to synthesise concepts and geometries.  \nOverall, the novel and original activities have a notable effect on student’s ability to form, manipulate and synthesise visual information and communicate this through freehand sketching. The model presented has potential to be successively implemented by other teachers in a variety of educational settings and student populations.  \nKey words  \nsketching, visual imagery, pedagogy, cognition, design, problem solving  \nIntroduction  \nThe ability to utilise sketches to support and represent cognitive activity is a difficult skill that everybody deserves to be taught (Fish, 2004) . The design of appropriate pedagogies that nurture the ability to externally represent conceptual thought through freehand sketching is dependent on educators ability to understand how  \ninformation is perceived, learned, memorised and conceptualised (Fish, 2004, OECD, 2002) .  \nThis paper details part ofa research project that was undertaken at the University of Limerick with a cohort of 124 undergraduate students of technology teacher education. The project aims to establish how concept driven, synthesising capabilities can be enhanced using freehand sketching as a supporting medium for the communication of visual mental imagery.  \nSignificant contributions to the body of literature surrounding freehand sketching and graphicacy have been made by the Design and Technology Association researchers as well as other international researchers in recent years. Notable research includes the work of Fish (2004) and his fascinating insight into how sketches support design cognition, Hope’s (2008) longitudinal observations of primary school children’s drawings during design activities and Storer’s (2008) insight into freehand sketching in an industrial design context.  \nPrior to advancing to the details of this research study it is necessary to consider the underlying factors which influenced its design. These include; a brief overview of the fundamental shift in philosophy of the technology education system in Ireland, an in-depth analysis of the pertinent literature surrounding freehand sketching as well as a summation of the key findings of preliminary pilot studies.  \nTechnology education in Ireland  \nIn response to a rapidly changing global society, which promotes the development of technological capabilities, the Irish government has been particularly proactive in addressing the area of technology educa","cbCaid7vQR9fbh8g","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaid7vQR9fbh8g","pdf",761068,23,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n## Technology education in Ireland","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the paper address regarding freehand sketching?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on how freehand sketching can support visual synthesis and creative discovery in design-driven activities, and how to develop educators’ and students’ sketching capabilities.\"},{\"question\":\"What was the fundamental hypothesis tested?\",\"answer\":\"A set of empirically derived activities from observation to imagination would improve students’ ability to develop, manipulate, and synthesise graphical libraries through freehand sketching.\"},{\"question\":\"What were the study results?\",\"answer\":\"The study showed a statistically significant increase in students’ ability to freehand sketch, with improvements in fluency and their ability to synthesise concepts and geometries.\"}]","A Paradigm for Promoting Visual Synthesis through Freehand Sketching | PDF",1792090987,58]