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Recruiting a new D&T Association Chair , Are you passionate about inspiring the next generation of designers, technologists, and engineers? The...
The Design and Technology Excellence Award Winners, The Design and Technology Excellence Awards recognise the commitment and achievements of teachers, pupils, teacher trainers, education consultants and academics across primary and secondary schools and further and higher education. Nominated and voted for by colleagues or tutors, the Design and Technology Association’s Excellence Awards is open to our members and non-members nationally and internationally. What do past winners have to say… We caught up with Trudi Barrow from Sandringham School, St Albans who won The James Dyson Foundation Excellence Award Recognising Outstanding D&T Teacher. Trudi explained, “Winning...
SCITT: Initial Teacher Training programme for Secondary Teachers, We are excited to be going into the second phase of our Design and Technology focused School-Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) programme which began in September 2022 and concludes in July this year. The first leg has been very successful with positive feedback and great engagement from attendees. Our expert curriculum trainer Paul Woodward has developed the D&T training content and has been leading these specialist sessions, taking delegates through the design processes, theory, iterative design, problem-solving skills, creative thinking and more. Our programme has been highly successful and is...
Successful Three-Day D&T CPD Event, We held a successful three-day training course at our headquarters in Banbury this month to equip secondary teachers with limited experience in teaching design and technology the tools they need to deliver a comprehensive and dynamic D&T curriculum. The course attracted teachers from various schools, some as far as Dubai, all eager to enhance their understanding of D&T and refine their teaching techniques. Over the three-day period, participants engaged in a series of intensive discussions, workshops, and hands-on experiences with our knowledgeable Curriculum Consultant Paul Woodward. Comprehensive Curriculum Enhancement ...
Planning a return to school-based practise in design and technology, A phased return to a new version of normal Last week my wife and I both received the same email from my daughter’s school where she is currently a year 10 student. I should state that we are fortunate in that the school is truly outstanding (beyond any Ofsted measures) and their handling of the COVID-19 crisis has been exceptional, weekly updates for parents and constant contact between teachers and students with some very creative and challenging learning assignments. The email outlined the school leadership’s...
D&T Free Webinars go live: Keeping our Community Together, D&T Free Webinar Autumn series Our free webinar series continued this week with a varied schedule available to book on our website. Some will be available for members only and others will also be for non-members. They will encourage the D&T community to engage effectively and will cover a range of topics; D&T Departmental tours from different schools around the country, through to networking events and Q&A's with experts around important aspects of D&T, for example, Non-Examined Assessments (NEA). Scroll down to see the Autumn schedule.This week's webinar discussed how...
D&T Practice 2020: Now incorporating D&T Primary, Research from members and feedback from our subject consultation group suggested we combine our Primary and Secondary membership publications into one. It was felt it was important for teachers to know what is happening in schools in a wider context, and with some members schools being all-through or middle schools, limiting their access was unhelpful.In the new-look D&T Practice there is content on both Primary and Secondary D&T, but crucially it will give schools an oversight of what is taking place in each phase and address issues such as...
Consultancy - D&T Department or Primary School Review?, We recognise that schools have different requirements and challenges to overcome. We offer bespoke consultancy for primary and secondary schools delivering D&T which provides your school with the support and advice from experienced, subject experts. You may have identified a number of specific challenges that could be improved but you are not sure what changes to implement. Or you may be in the process of re-addressing your curriculum plan and before making major changes you would like an independent expert to review it. Rest assured we will...
'The State of D&T' paper in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Engineering, As many of you will be aware, for the last two and a half years we have been working on a paper on the current position of the subject in collaboration with The Royal Academy of Engineering. This paper is now in final draft and we are delighted that it will be publicly released next month (November). The paper looks at the the challenges facing design and technology and importantly, suggests actions that can be taken by government, industry and school leaders to put the
The State of Design and Technology , This review will provide a detailed analysis of the current provision across England and other devolved administrations. It will present recommendations on how to save, re-ignite and grow the subject, which should be seen by the government as a critical component of delivering a broad and balanced curriculum and to enable the future workforce required to drive the countries economy. With significant changes in the policy landscape, including the decision to leave the EU and a new industrial strategy explicitly recognising the importance of creative and productive industries to...
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