Aspects of Teaching Secondary Design and Technology

Design and Technology is one of the newest subjects on the school curriculum, and one that continues to develop. Aspects of Teaching Secondary Design and Technology: Perspectives on Practice has been compiled to meet the needs of those teaching and training to teach the subject. Beginning by outlining the national curriculum for design and technology, the book goes on to look at what design and technology is in the primary school, at examination level and post-16. Vocational qualifications relevant to design and technology are also discussed. There are chapters looking at the relationship between design and technology and the wider social and cultural context. The development of cross-curricular skills and value judgements are discussed as are sustainability and the role of the community in the teaching and learning of design and technology. Together, these articles comprise a sound guide to good classroom practice, related to the requirements of the curriculum, and rooted in the professional perspectives of experienced teachers.

ISBN 0415260833   Pages 320 ISBN13 9780415260831 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 676 Imprint Routledge Falmer   Published in London Format Paperback   Series title OU Flexible PGCE S. Publication date 06 Dec 2001   Height (mm) 246 Library of Congress 2001031751   Width (mm) 189 DEWEY 607.1241   Spine width (mm) 19 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

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		Foreword
		Introduction
Sect. 1		Design and Technology in the curriculum
1		National Curriculum Design and Technology by Gwyneth Owen-Jackson		3
2		Design and Technology in the primary school by Rob Bowen		9
3		Examining GCSE Design and Technology: insights from the Nuffield Design and Technology Project by David Barlex		27
4		Design and Technology at post-16 by Gwyneth Owen-Jackson		38
5		Design and Technology and vocational qualifications by David Yeomans		47
6		The Design and Technology department by Gwyneth Owen-Jackson		60
Sect. 2		Design and Technology in the classroom
7		Managing Design and Technology classrooms by Frank Banks and Gwyneth Owen-Jackson		69
8		Teaching Strategies for Design and Technology by Frank Banks		75
9		Teaching and learning about design by Gwyneth Owen-Jackson		90
10		ICT in Design and Technology by Gwyneth Owen-Jackson and Louise Davies		106
11		Taking risks as a feature of creativity in the teaching and learning of Design and Technology by Trevor Davies		118
12		Managing problem-solving in the context of design-and-make activities: reflections on classroom practice by Jim Newcomb		130
13		What is cooperative group work? by H. Cowie and J. Rudduck		139
14		Organizing project work by David Barlex		150
15		Design and Technology and pupils with special educational needs		166
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Reviewed with Teaching Design and Technology in Secondary Schools -'The editor is to be congratulated on this set of books, which I am sure will be used not only by the students of the OU programmes, but also by a wider readership. The content once more shows the excellent position of England and Wales in terms of the ability to support the development of a school subject by doing sound educational research.' - International Journal of Design and Technology Education

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