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Fabric Manipulation Skills

Fabric Manipulation Skills, In Partnership with Design & Technology Association, this is a new course from the Textile Skills Centre hosted at D&TA Centre in Banbury and with support from Janome UK In this comprehensive practical course, learn a large variety of textile fabric manipulation techniques including: Folds, Darts, Pleats, Slashing, Tucks, English smocking, American smocking, Shirring, Crashing, Ruffles, Weaving, heat Shibori and more. The course includes downloadable templates, guides and exemplars. Course Review:"The course was great, we covered so much In the day and you couldn’t fail to come away inspired! So many new techniques...

Primary D&T Workshop Collection

Primary D&T Workshop Collection, 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 is collection of workshops taken from our D&T Autumn School 2020 and is aimed at Primary teachers. This E-Learning course, features 10 workshops and accompanying resources from teachers and industry professionals. Each workshop (approximately 40 minutes) allows you to work through at your own pace. Use the downloadable resources to aid your teaching and implement them in the classroom. Whether you are learning a new skill...

Yes we’re good at designing and make stuff, but can you write about it?

Yes we’re good at designing and make stuff, but can you write about it?, I certainly don’t consider myself to be good at writing but the other day I was embarrassed to be complimented on something I’d produced. I responded by saying that’s it’s less than one’s ability to write and more one’s ability to read and reflect on the writings of others that is important. For that is essential to inform the thinking that underpins what you in turn write yourself. Without doing the former, one is less likely to produce anything of much worth at...

What’s the point of school?

What’s the point of school?, The title used for this D&T Practice Magazine editorial is also the title of an excellent book by Guy Claxton. This is a book that I read and re-read as a headteacher as I regularly sought to step off the education treadmill and carry out a sense check of where the school was, and how this stood up against the education that I believe in and wanted for the students. We have all been guilty at some time or other of running without paying due attention to the direction...

Are you really teaching D&T?

Are you really teaching D&T?, Are you really teaching D&T? Or are children getting a poorly conceived, watered down version of the subject, asks Gareth Pimley, lead primary consultant for the Design and Technology Association… Egyptian shadufs and sarcophagi. Viking longboats and Greek vases. Replicas, reproductions and representations. Imitations, duplications and decorations. Form without function, products without a purpose, craft without a client. D&T dumbed down. Have you ever wondered whether the design and technology project you are teaching is, in fact, design and technology? Some ‘design and technology’ activities might be more...

Chinese schools get a lesson from Britain

Chinese schools get a lesson from Britain, While China has excellent academic results, the British curriculum has the upper hand with design – it's a shame our Government doesn't recognise this, says Richard Green The transformation of China in our lifetime has been nothing short of extraordinary. The speed of China’s resurgence – from the economic and human catastrophe of the Great Leap Forward to today’s superpower economy – has been so swift that it has mesmerised many in the West. Napoleon was right: China was a sleeping giant, but when she...

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The Design & Technology Association – Privacy Policy , The Design and Technology Association – Privacy Policy In compliance with UK and European data protection regulations, including GDPR, this privacy policy explains what personal information we collect from you when you visit our website or are a recipient of our services. The Design and Technology Association is committed to processing personal information about its customers in ways that comply with its legal and regulatory obligations, and to being clear with customers about what it does with their personal information. Lawful basis for...

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Terms and Conditions and Policies, Terms & Conditions, Privacy, e-Commerce The Design and Technology Association Registered Office :11 Manor Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire. OX16 3TB Tel : 01789 470007 e-mail : info@designtechnology.org.uk Status of the D&T Association The Design and Technology Association is an independent Registered Charity and a Company Limited by Guarantee; its work is governed by a formal Memorandum and Articles of Association approved by the Board of Trustees. The governing body of the D&T Association is the elected Council

Special measures

Special measures, Andy Mitchell reflects on a week when once again, we are reminded of further changes ahead for schools and particularly the preparation of teachers in the future and the view from Ofsted. Reflecting on my second week at the beginning of what is set to be yet another turbulent year for education, where did it go? A week when we heard once again from the Department for Education that they would like to discuss with us what revised GCSEs for the subject might look like. That’s good. Then Sir Michael Wilshaw speaking...

Gola Design Challenge Winner

Students shine in Gola Design Challenge, The Gola Design Challenge, run in collaboration with the Design & Technology Association, has drawn to a close, and the winners have been announced. The competition invited students to design innovative sports bags that solve real-world challenges for athletes, gym-goers, and sports enthusiasts. Congratulations to our winners We are delighted to congratulate Arthur Vakil Tcherniak of Colchester Royal Grammar School, who won the challenge, Zoe Lemanski of Upton Hall School, the first runner-up, and Barnaby Branchflower of Colchester Royal Grammar School, who secured a second runner-up position....

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