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Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, Dr Alison Hardy, In late February, the Education Policy Institute (EPI) released a research paper on the current plight of design and technology education in England, 'A spotlight on design and technology study in England'.The Design and Technology Association is proud to be one of the facilitating partners for this research alongside The IET, ERA Foundation, Foster and Partners Architects and the James Dyson Foundation. In truth, the paper does not tell us much that we did not already know or suspect of the subject's current position...
Pylon Flight, A free resource to allow Key Stage 4 students to learn how aircraft fly and use digital design and manufacturing tools to design, make and fly their own powered aircraft. Flight can be a challenging, technically rich and fun D&T activity. The principles of flight are well documented but will need to be interpreted for students at an appropriate level when designing, making and testing designs for aircraft. This set of resources contains detailed information on the principles of flight, propellers and measuring thrust, digital design and...
Food Mid KS3 Y8 Mainly Designing - Multicultural meals for mates, D&T Key ResourcesFood Mid KS3 – Y8 Mainly DesigningMulticultural meals for mates – 2 hours First published 2015; updated 2016 In this unit students will investigate designing multicultural meals that are suitable for teenagers. They will develop and understanding of different needs and wants and demonstrate an understanding of the need for a healthier ethnic dish using different research methods, then generate possible design solutions including costs. Key learning: Considering individual likes and dislikes to develop a suitable savoury food product...
Food Late KS3 Y9 Mainly Making - Chilled Ready Meals, D&T Key ResourcesFood Late KS3 – Mainly Making Chilled ready meals – 4 hoursFirst published 2015; updated 2016 This unit looks at national quality assurance standards for assuring quality food in the UK and asks students to consider factors that ensure food is of the necessary quality through the use of ingredients that are sustainable and meet ethical and moral standards. It includes a practical session cooking their chosen dish. Key Learning: Nutritional analysis and profiling of dishes Costing of recipes Trialling...
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...
Teaching National Curriculum D&T 2015 with Creativity and Confidence, To book your place on the next available course click here. This one day primary specific course will include a FREE copy of Projects on a Page, the new national scheme of work for KS1 and 2 Aims of the course To identify the challenges and opportunities created by the new National Curriculum for D&T at KS1 and 2 To explore a range of practical strategies to support implementation To introduce the new national scheme...
Big Bangs and damp squibs, Design and technology has been in the news a lot over the last couple of days - or should I say, design and technology should have been in the news a lot! First was the CBI report, 'Engineering our future,' which talks about the urgent need to address the shortage of engineering skills. In relation to schools it talks about the need for children to study 3 sciences and expanding the UTC programme. No mention of the role of D&T or Computing, even though the CBI supported our campaign to reject...
Share Your Innovative Timetabling Approaches for D&T, We are currently supporting the DfE with exploring alternative approaches to timetabling Design and Technology that move away from the traditional ‘carousel’ system. The ‘carousel’ system of students moving around materials areas in D&T has been used for a number of years in many schools and we are looking to collate examples of alternative approaches at Key Stage 3, whilst maintaining safe, reduced class sizes and experiencing the full national curriculum across the Key Stage. We would love to hear from schools about how you’ve tackled these...
Food Early KS3Y7 Mainly Making - Practical Skills Building, D&T Key ResourcesEarly KS3 – Mainly MakingPractical skills building – 8 hours First published 2015; updated 2016 This covers the introduction to the kitchen environment, food safety and safe working, establishing routines and building basic culinary skills. It considers at food safety through personal hygiene and the 4 Cs, as well as healthy eating principles. Practical lessons have students making baked beans on toast, a fruit salad, ratatouille and bolognaise. Key Learning: Principles of food safety: the 4Cs and basic bacteriology Principles...
Food Early KS3Y7 Mainly Designing - Catering for Needs, D&T Key Resources Early KS3 – Mainly DesigningCatering for needs – 2 hoursFirst published 2015; updated 2016 Generating food products to meet the needs of the consumer. This considers consumer needs and choices and how to plan diets for children, teenagers, the elderly, vegetarians, and medical and religious needs. It considers adapting recipes using alternative ingredients. In the practical session students are asked to adapt a lasagne to meet the needs of a vegetarian consumer. Key Learning: Identifying the needs of the...
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