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Upgrading industrial schools to promote traditional handicrafts (Case Study: Crafts Education in Finland)

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This study aimed to identify the technical and industrial education and to clarify the objectives of this type of education through the vision of Egypt 2030. as the state seeks in the light of the vision of Egypt 2030 to upgrading secondary technical industrial education. Technical secondary education in Egypt is one of the main tools for achieving sustainable development programs, as it seeks. in its various forms to prepare the skilled workforce necessary to serve the economic and social development of the country in accordance with the policies of upgrading traditional handicrafts. The research aims to identify systems for training and rehabilitation of the industrial labor force to upgrade traditional handicrafts.
Egypt's Vision 2030 defined the strategic goals of technical education and training, as well as concerned with the development and upgrading of crafts and artisans in the light of some initiatives for craft training. We will get acquainted with the principles and foundations guiding the policies of education and industrial training. And work on developing a national vision and plan for industrial education and the training needs of traditional handicrafts. Expansion of vocational education within technical schools to graduate the skilled craftsman class. And a study after global experiences. such as the experience of Finland. to improve technical secondary education to keep pace with the latest developments in the labor market. and to develop sustainable professional development programs. The study indicates the need to develop a strategy and a solid plan of action for industrial schools and technical and vocational training on traditional handicrafts.
Developing new types of co-learning and teaching environments are very important research topics in multi-material craft development, design and technology education. Important research topics to enable multi-subject education in schools in the future. Ensuring safe and secure learning and work environments is also a new research area within the discipline. Handicrafts are often associated with concepts of luxury and quality of life; Thus, these have been a major area of interest in craft research. Luxury has been studied, for example, from the perspectives of sustainable artisanal practices.
Egypt's Vision 2030 aims for the new Egypt to be a competitive, balanced and diversified economy based on innovation and knowledge, based on justice, social integration and participation with a balanced and diversified ideological system that invests the genius of place and people to achieve sustainable development and improve the quality of life of Egyptians.
Egypt has paid attention to the development and deepening of local industries for many decades, and has used many macro and sectoral policies to achieve this, but the results achieved are still modest compared to other countries. The deepening of industry in Egypt faces many challenges, such as respecting competition for markets internally and externally, the growing role of modern technology in the development and deepening of various industries, the increase in the difficulty of obtaining this technology and its high costs, the lack of local production of some supplies and components used by the industry, and excessive reliance on global supply chains to obtain these requirements. Which led to the disappearance of the local product with the Egyptian identity, and this was reflected in the traditional handicraft products, so that all products were directed to the tourist side and souvenirs.
Since the dawn of the modern art movement in Egypt, which opened at the beginning of the twentieth century and the establishment of the School of Fine Arts and the successive exhibitions of its students and graduates, women played an important role in that movement, and sponsoring the arts constituted the first field of women's activity. The two women, "Huda Hanem Shaarawy" and "Amina Hanem Elhamy," sponsored the folk artisans and encouraged them to resurrect crafts in various fields of applied arts.
Then we leave to the concept of deepening manufacturing (Ibrahim Al-Issawy, 2021), which means not being limited to manufacturing final or intermediate products depending on imported components in whole or in part, but rather striving to manufacture some of these components locally; This leads to an increase in the percentage of the local component in the final or intermediate products. It may also lead to an increase in exports of components that are manufactured locally if appropriate policies and procedures are taken to access foreign markets. Among the important results of the process of deepening industrialization is an increase in the degree of integration of the productive structure of the national economy, the strengthening of interlinkages between various industries and sectors, and progress on the way to building a national scientific and technological base, and then moving towards liberation from technological and economic dependence (Maha Muhammad Al-Shall, 2020).
Technical education in Egypt is one of the main tools for achieving comprehensive development programmes. Rather, it is the locomotive of development and an important pillar of the education system, as it seeks to prepare the skilled manpower necessary to serve the economic and social development plans of the state as it pours directly into the labor market. and developing it, and expanding all types of technical education, in accordance with international quality standards, and commensurate with the needs of the labor market" (Constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt, 2014).
Research problem:-
a- Technical education in its current state does not qualify its graduates with the required qualification to keep pace with the needs of the local market and global markets.
b- The low efficiency of industrial schools and the existence of deficiencies in the formulation of their objectives.
c- The absence of a mechanism that combines industrial technical education schools and vocational training centers.
d- Lack of awareness on the part of industrial and educational institutions to graduate a craftsman capable of meeting the needs of contemporary society in terms of contemporary craft products.
 
Research importance:-
The importance of the research is due to the interest of many governments and state organizations in industrial technical education because it is a tool that facilitates professional integration, as well as studying the importance of industrial schools in promoting traditional handicrafts and what are the advantages of this process with setting a vision for development. The importance of research lies
a- The consolidation of the Egyptian national identity by merging between traditional handicrafts and industrial schools to enhance industries.
b- Shedding light on the importance of industrial schools and benefiting from them in enhancing the local economy.
Research goal:
a- The research aims to identify the current status of industrial technical education schools, upgrade these schools, and link them to Egypt's vision for sustainable development 2030.
b- Studying the pros and cons of industrial education and the extent to which it can be used to promote traditional handicrafts.
 Research hypotheses:-
The researcher assumes the creation of a positive relationship between industrial schools and the development of traditional handicrafts in the light of the sustainable development strategy in Egypt 2030.
  Research tools:
• Arabic and foreign specialized books.
• Periodicals, reports and scientific journals.
• Research publications and websites.
Research Methodology:-
• The analytical descriptive approach by extracting the influencing factors for the advancement of industrial studies for the promotion of traditional handicrafts.
 Research reults:-
The proposed vision to upgrade industrial schools to serve traditional handicrafts:
a- Developing teaching staff by taking training courses and mingling with skilled craftsmen to improve the educational service, study and craft training in those schools.
b- Work to improve the relationship between industrial technical education schools and craftsmen, and the emergence of partnerships between them, which helps to transfer some craftsmanship experiences to teachers and students. Develop programs and strategies that serve this goal.
c- Effective promotion of industrial technical education schools through the use of various methods and means in promoting and communicating with the public.
d- Spreading the idea of technical, industrial, and craft schools, and establishing technical and technological schools for traditional handicrafts.

DOI

10.21608/idj.2023.312653

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Industrial schools, Al-alhamia Industrial School, traditional handicrafts, Art and technical education in Finland

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Wesam

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Keshk

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Fayez Mustafa Mahmoud

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Assistant Lecturer, Interior design Department, Faculty of Applied Arts, Damnhour University

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wesam.fayez2749@dmu.edu.eg

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Ola

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Hashem.

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Ali

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Emeritus Professor of Tourist Facilities Design, Interior Design and Furniture Department, Helwan University – Egypt.

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Ashraf

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Ibrahim

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Hussein

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.Professor of Environmental Design , Interior Design and Furniture Department, Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University – Egypt.

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ashrahus@gmail.com

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13

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2023-09-01

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2023-05-19

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2023-09-01

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415

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422

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2090-9632

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2090-9640

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Upgrading industrial schools to promote traditional handicrafts (Case Study: Crafts Education in Finland)

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