Latest Issue of DATE Journal Now Available!

Published 15th January 2026

The Design & Technology Association is pleased to share the release of the final issue of Volume 30 (2025) of Design and Technology Education: An International Journal. This issue includes ten articles from international researchers and educators, including the introduction of a new Journal category: literature reviews.

Research materials, including decades of published papers, are available through the Liverpool John Moores University Open Access Data Repository.

In this issue:

• The way Technology Teachers Think: The Role of Metaphor and Reflection for Technology Education practice
  Andreas Larsson

• Generative AI – Creative Pedagogy Versus Creative Application
  Dale Addy

• Assessing Students’ Computer Programming Skills: How Technology Teachers in Sweden Evaluate Learning in Grades 4–6
  Eva-Lena Bjursten, Lena Gumaelius, Eva Hartell

• Designing for Entrepreneurship: STEM-Based Approaches in Primary Education
  Cemre Saraçlar, Ahmet Oğuz Akçay, Engin Karahan

• A repurposed geometric reasoning model for Engineering Graphics and Design: a conceptual paper
  Vernon Candiotes, Willem Rauscher, Sonja van Putten

• The invisible remains invisible: a study of systems thinking in compulsory school students’ descriptions of a wastewater system
  Nina Emami, Susanne Engström, Claes Klasander

• A Serious Game Proposal for Raising Awareness on Sustainable Development in the Built Environment
  Burcu Olgen, Negarsadat Rahimi, Carmela Cucuzzella

Literature reviews:

• Design Thinking in educational publications: A document analysis of books issued by Turkish Public Institutions and implications for the Technology and Design course
  Ahsen Öztürk

• Recurriculation of Engineering, Technology, and Technical Education Programmes for the adoption of Industry 5.0
  Sunkanmi Afeez Yekinni, Theresa Chinyere Ogbuanya, Abdifatah Ahmed Ali Afyare

Reflection:

• Reflecting on the Implications of the 2025 Curriculum and Assessment Review for Design and Technology in England
  Matt McLain, Alison Hardy

These resources are freely available to researchers, educators, and anyone passionate about design and technology.

About the Journal

Since 1997, Design and Technology Education: An International Journal has been published three times annually, sharing research and reflective practice that supports design and technology education worldwide.

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