866 results found for your search "The 2018/19 GCSE Contextual Challenge and how to go about it"
RAF Museum Midlands Design and Technology Resources, The RAF Museum Midlands offers resources tailored to primary and secondary classrooms, making it a valuable tool for design and technology teachers. By focusing on practical, curriculum-linked activities, the museum provides teachers with creative ways to engage students in engineering, design, and problem-solving. Primary-Level Resources For primary school teachers, the museum offers simple, hands-on activities to introduce pupils to STEM, engineering and design. Resources like ‘Build Your Own Aircraft’ allow students to explore design thinking...
Founder and Chairman, F1 in Schools, Andrew Denford, As Chief Executive of Denford Ltd, Manufacturers of precision Engineering training equipment used by Schools, Colleges and Universities worldwide, Mr Denford is also the Founder and Chairman of the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge – the world’s largest STEM competition operating in over 46 countries world-wide. F1 in Schools is a not-for-profit company established with committed partners to provide an exciting yet challenging educational experience through the magnetic appeal of Formula One, a multi-disciplinary challenge, in which teams of students aged...
Time to put the clocks back, The National Curriculum subject D&T has presented controversy for the entire period of its existence. Some might say that is good. Others would say it is inevitable as its nature, purpose and content, together with associated teaching and learning methodology used to teach and assess it have been subject to continual review. What we do know, is the strength of the passion felt by many about D&T, to which in many cases they have devoted their entire...
Young Designer, Kialy Tihngang, We were fortunate to bump into Kialy at New Designers this year and knew there and then that she had a story to tell that made her a perfect guest for this podcast.In this episode, we hear how Kialy set her heart and soul on working in fashion at a very young age, and when she secured a place on the foundation course at Central St. Martin's, this set the stage for her dream to come true. For many reasons, this did not provide the...
Transforming prototyping with the ChompSaw, At the Costello School, part of the Bohunt Education Trust, design and technology lessons are all about creativity, practical skills, and building confidence through making. For teachers, supporting students to prototype quickly and accurately is particularly crucial at KS4, where limited lesson time makes precision essential. The introduction of the ChompSaw has already made a noticeable difference in both the speed and quality of student work. A game-changing tool for the classroom Claire Young, Curriculum Team Leader (Technology),...
What are you going to do with yourself next year?, Although I have spent about 26 years of my career teaching D&T at various educational stages, I’m currently not based in a school or other educational establishment. Nevertheless, this time of year, one can not help but start making a list of the things that you hope to achieve and concentrate on in the forthcoming academic year – its hard to get out of the habit. I asked myself the question: If I were a D&T subject...
Freelance Industrial Designer, Michael Omotosho, Podcast brought to you by the Design and Technology Association in partnership with the Edge Foundation. Listen now. Michael Omotosho is a freelance Industrial designer based in Bradford and is widely recognised as a young highly talented designer with huge potential. In this podcast, Michael talks us through his foundation years as he was educated in Nigeria. From his earliest years, he noticed how comparatively well off his family was compared to many of his friends at school. His friends compensated for what...
Industrial Designer, Jonathan Robin, We love this episode with Industrial Designer Jonathan Robin. Jonathan was born in Rio da Janeiro and experienced a truly international upbringing with a French father and American mother. Following a relatively traditional educational experience in Rio, he transitioned to initially study Law before realising this was not for him and switching courses to Industrial Design, in which he graduated three years later. Since graduation, Jonathan has worked in small startups to more prominent design agencies across continents. He has designed everything from street furniture for a new tram...
Design and Technology National Curriculum for England, To support schools the Design and Technology Association provides training, advice, information, and guidance regarding the National Curriculum Design and Technology Programmes of Study introduced in September 2014, we have produced a number of resources, and will continue to, including some developed in collaboration with the National Curriculum Expert Group for Design and Technology. During the National Curriculum review the Department for Education (DfE) set up the Expert Group. This was given the task of advising...
Speaking and listening through D&T projects 2. Speaking and Listening in the project, Speaking and listening through D&T projects 2. Speaking and Listening in the projectAges 11-14 YearsFirst published 2014 This programme, supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, aims to improve the speaking and listening skills of Key Stage 3 students through delivery of a D&T project. For full details of the project go to the Improving speaking and listening skills through D&T projects page. A PowerPoint presentation with supporting notes detailing
Choose an option to filter your search results.
All results (866) Shop products (205) Events (32) News (246)