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Latest Issue of DATE Journal Now Available!, 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...
Promoting D&T in the School and Wider Community, Study in your own time and at your own pace with the D&T Association E-Learning courses. No need to travel or take time out of school.Do people know the great things that happen in your department? Do parents, students and other teachers value the subject? Create a buzz around D&T at your school with these tried and tested approaches and make D&T the jewel of the school crown!Objectives: • Provide a number of case-studies of promotional techniques • Inspire you and give you opportunities to implement in your...
Delivering D&T through various methods (no more chalk and talk), Study in your own time and at your own pace with the D&T Association E-Learning courses. No need to travel or take time out of school.This E-Learning course 'Delivering D&T through various methods (no more chalk and talk)', aims to help secondary D&T teachers with various ways to deliver theoretical aspects of the subject in new and interesting ways. The methods described will also help to develop students' deeper understanding of concepts, helping their communication skills and allow you to step away from a 'lecture-style' approach to teaching.Course...
How to Implement Structures in the Primary D&T Curriculum, This course aims to provide D&T teachers at KS1 and KS2 with inspiration and practical advice to implement structures into their D&T curriculum with videos and downloadable resources to help improve confidence and knowledge in this area of D&T. Objectives: To help generate ideas and give practical solutions on structures. Gain confidence and improve your knowledge of structures. By participating in this course, you will: Get access to a number of downloadable videos and resources. Understand the importance of incorporating structures into...
How to Implement Mechanisms in the Primary D&T Curriculum, Study in your own time and at your own pace with the D&T Association E-Learning courses. No need to travel or take time out of school.This E-Learning ‘How to implement Mechanisms in the primary D&T curriculum’ course aims to provide D&T teachers at KS1 and KS2 with inspiration and practical advice to implement mechanisms into their D&T curriculum with videos and downloadable resources to help improve confidence and knowledge in this area of D&T. Objectives: • To help generate ideas and give practical solutions on mechanisms. •...
How to implement electrical systems and electronics in the primary D&T curriculum, This course aims to provide D&T teachers at KS1 and KS2 with inspiration and practical advice to implement electrical systems and electronics into their D&T curriculum. With downloadable resources, Focused Tasks, checklists and more, help improve confidence and knowledge in this area of D&T. Objectives: To help understand what and when to teach. Gain confidence and improve your knowledge of electrical systems, circuits and components. By participating in this course, you will: Get access to a number of...
Torben Steeg, After gaining a degree in Physics and Computer Science at the University of Manchester, I engaged in detached youth work for some years before entering teaching. As a teacher I taught D&T, Control Technology, Science, Computing and IT before moving to the University of Manchester, to work with the Technology Enhancement Programme. Since then I have worked with the Nuffield D&T Project and the Electronics in Schools Strategy, led the PGCE (teacher training) course in D&T at the University of Manchester, contributed to Masters programmes in educational ICT and worked as a...
Different Designs 4x4 sheets, Age 11-16 yearsFirst published 2008 4x4 planning sheets inspired by ‘Chindogu’ inventions to stimulate ideas amongst KS3 students in product design. 4x4 product analysis and design sheets are widely used in schools at KS3 to help stimulate ideas amongst KS3 students in product design. Initial ideas or existing products are included as the start point and the sheets passed to other students to make suggestions and improvements to the design in the four boxes available, from different perspectives. The sheets are then returned to the original student to consider the...
What are legal implications regarding other teachers, i.e. unqualified teachers, teaching D&T?, The document BS4163:2021 Health and safety for design and technology in educational and similar establishments – Code of Practice’ provides clear guidance on those responsible for supervising students whilst undertaking design and technology activities. As a Code of Practice it provides practical compliance of how to comply with the law. Approved Codes of Practice have a special legal status. If employers are prosecuted for a breach of health and safety law, and it is proved that they have not followed the relevant...
Bringing empathy into design thinking: how to spark meaningful learning in your classroom, Design and technology is about more than solving problems, it’s about solving problems for people. At the heart of great design lies empathy: understanding users, noticing challenges, and creating solutions that make everyday life easier, safer, or simply more enjoyable. This way of thinking can completely transform how students approach their work. Our very own accessible controller ‘Inspired by Industry’ context developed with Scalextric4Schools, design driven by empathy shows students how to solve real problems for real people. And there’s no better...
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