
The chapters in the book are as follows:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Foreword by Richard Green
- Contents
- Introduction by David Barlex
- Justifying design & technology by David Barlex
- Philosophical reflections on the nature of design & technology by Marc J. de Vries
- 2020 vision – on the politics of technology by Stephen Petrina
- Designers on designing by Malcolm Welch
- The politics of technology curriculum by Steve Kierl
- The place of sustainability in design & technology education by Margarita Pavlova and James Pitt
- Vocationalism – friend or foe to design & technology education by John Dakers
- Developing your own curriculum by Nick Baldwin and David Barlex
- The pupil as designer by Malcolm Welch
- Creativity in design & technology by Marion Rutland and David Spendlove
- Problem-solving in technology education: the role of strategies, schemes & heuristics by Moshe Barak
- The role of technical knowledge in design & technology by Gwyneth Owen-Jackson and Torben Steeg
- The role of making in design & technology by Frank Banks and Gwyneth Owen-Jackson
- Useful assessment for design & technology: formative assessment, learning & teaching by Stephanie Atkinson and Paul Black
- Mind (not) the gap…Take a risk: Interdisciplinary approaches to the science, technology, engineering & mathematics education agenda by Dov Kipperman and Mark Sanders
- Gender & pedagogy by Patricia Murphy
- Implicit theories & pedagogy by Wendy Dow
- Design & technology: seeing both the wood & the trees by Peter Toft
At a time when all creative subjects are being marginalised in the structure of GCSE option choices, it is particularly important that design & technology teachers are able to argue convincingly for the place of their subject in the education for ALL young people up to the age of 16+. Not in terms of a narrow vocational argument centred on the economic necessity of skills required by industry, which will inevitably only apply to a minority of young people, but in terms of an induction to a culturally significant area of human activity that has shaped successive civilisations across history.
I agree, however the access to the PDF’s has now opened up a whole new opportunity, with my trainees engaging in the reading of this essential text, guided by me locating the most relevant chapters, further use of the materials can now be truly embedded throughout my course, as we move more towards e- reading this has brought the content back to life. Lets hope they become the generation of ambassadors for the subject who create the follow on version through masterly writing, with a grounded understanding of our routes and struggles – watch this space !!
Thanks again !
Tracey Goodyere Birmingham City University Subject Leader PGCE in Design and Technology
(PGCE Deputy Programme Lead)
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A shame this is no longer available, as it was one of the most important key texts we used to get our trainees at Manchester to obtain. I know that it served them well, and still will, during their teaching every day. Thanks for allowing us access to the pdf versions. Another sign of the times, but we still hope for better days ahead!
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