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Inspire the next generation of problem-solvers, creative thinkers, and innovators., We are the only professional association for design and technology teaching nationally. We currently have over 33,000 teaching members and a fast-growing number of industry partners working closely with us and each other to inspire the next generation of problem-solvers, creative thinkers, and innovators. We invite you to join forces with us to help nurture the next generation of design talent, ensuring the UK design sector continues to be one of the fastest-growing economic sectors adding over £97 Billion to the UK economy....
Skills for Industry - Severn Trent, Skills for Industry – Severn Trent First published 2017Ages 11-14 The Skills for Industry programme provides an opportunity to link secondary schools with a local industry partner to help Design and Technology teachers to develop and teach the industry-relevant knowledge and skills needed by the industry partner. The PowerPoint and associated Excel and Word files are a record of the project that took place in 2017 but also provide materials to adapt for use in your school. This project has a scheme over eight one-hour lessons with pupils working...
GCSE Textiles Rescue Presentation - Improving your class grades in controlled assessment, Ages 14-16First released 2012; updated 2014 This presentation was delivered to a group of textiles teachers at a training event in 2012. The event was recorded and the narration is included in the presentation which demonstrates a variety of strategies that can be used to engage students when producing controlled assessment, and how to deliver controlled assessment to support students in gaining produce better results. The presentation looks at time allocation and different exam boards’ demands for controlled assessment, presentation of work,...
GCSE Textiles Rescue Presentation - Top tips for planning your GCSE SoW, GCSE Textiles Rescue – Top tips for planning your GCSE Scheme of Work Ages 14-16First released 2012; updated 2014 This presentation was delivered to a group of textiles teachers at a training event in 2012. The event was recorded and the narration is included in the presentation which gives tips on developing an appropriate, inspiring, and effective scheme of work for GCSE textiles. The presentation looks at: planning/mapping the specification, how much time to allocate, progression over Y10-Y11, technical vocabulary, teaching and...
Fancy a bag?, Age 5-7 yearsFirst published 2012 In this project children design and make a bag of their own creation for a specific user and purpose. The resources are designed to unlock children’s innovative thinking. They provide a context that leads children to a wide range of different design responses increasing their ownership of the design process. Children use their knowledge of materials and their properties (Science objectives) and investigate textiles (Art objectives) to learn how textile products can be designed and made using a range of simple joining techniques. This project...
Sustainable power supply, First published 2013 This is to introduce Year 7 to a project which uses a sustainable power supply as an alternative to batteries, which can be harmful to the environment when disposed of. The power supply chosen is a super capacitor charged from a USB port, which represents the use of cutting edge technology to solve the problem of providing sustainable energy for a small scale electronic product. CAD/CAM is used extensively both in simulating and designing the circuit and in producing a professional, modern and commercial standard casing. The project also...
Alarming vehicles YR 4/5/6, Years 4, 5 & 6Age 8-11First published 2007; fully revised 2019 This unit of work encourages children to develop their understanding of electrical systems through exploring ways of protecting vehicles using electrical alarms. It contains a PowerPoint presentation, teacher notes and pupil worksheets. The unit can be taught in Year 4 following from Project on a Page Simple Circuits and Switches and Simple Programming and Control, but to maximise the learning it could be delivered during Years 5/6, thus enabling the use of more complicated parallel circuits and a...
Get Organised: 3D Textiles - Key Resource download copy, Ages 11-14 yearsFirst published 2010 Based on non-woven textiles and linked to CAD/CAM and graphics, this offers inspiration and practical advice to design and make 3D containers. Design inspiration comes from the work of Hepworth, Gaudi and others, and teachers are free to adapt the work to suit the locality or students’ interest. The resource contains pdf and PowerPoint slides on: Overview Teachers’ notes Applying ‘structures’ with ideas for a design brief and practical responses to try out Ideas for getting students involved...
What is D&T in primary schools and why is it important?, Why is Secondary Design and Technology important? Design and Technology is a practical and valuable subject. It enables children and young people to actively contribute to the creativity, culture, wealth and well-being of themselves, their community and their nation. It teaches how to take risks and so become more resourceful, innovative, enterprising and capable. Students develop a critical understanding of the impact of design and technology on daily life and the wider world. Additionally, it provides excellent opportunities for students to develop and apply value...
Units not projects - A learning-first approach to D&T, This 'Units not projects' course is aimed at teachers and subject leaders of design & technology to implement an effective curriculum structure that focuses on the learning needs of the students. This learning led approach can be carefully structured through strategically designed units of work rather than squeezing subject theory around a design and make project.The structure of this course has been planned with reflective and thought-provoking questions. We do advise that you complete this course at your own pace with breaks between sections so that...
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