Traditional culture as a source of inspiration for creating craft products in general education

Cultural heritage is one of the sources of inspiration for creating new products in crafts, which can be
meaningfully used in the general education. The aim of this study is to find out the experience of
prospective teachers in using traditional culture as a source of inspiration in the design and technology
teaching process. Using the questionnaire method, both qualitative and quantitative approaches, it was
studied how prospective teachers (N=31) use traditional culture in the teaching process. Respondents
use signs of their native culture the most, mainly both digitally and in printed works. In their work,
students focus on diverse aspects of artifacts: color, material, technique, shape. As a result of the study,
it is necessary to develop methodological tools for the use of traditional culture in order to more fully
use its pedagogical potential in design and technology.