Learning to Teach Design and Technology in the Secondary School by Hardy, Alison; Davies, Sarah;

Short description:

Learning to Teach Design and Technology in the Secondary School is a core text for those training to teach design and technology in the secondary school.

With fresh chapters on inclusion and mentoring, this edition offers practical strategies for developing your professional identity and career.

Long description:

Learning to Teach Design and Technology in the Secondary School is a core text for all those training to teach design and technology in the secondary school. It helps you develop subject knowledge, acquire a deeper understanding of the role, purpose and potential of design and technology within the secondary curriculum, and provides the practical skills needed to plan, teach, and evaluate stimulating and creative lessons.

This fifth edition introduces a new knowledge model tailored to the subject, explores curriculum intent, and explains how pupils build capability—the power to make purposeful changes to the made world. With fresh chapters on inclusion, mentoring, and the evolving shape of the subject, the book offers practical strategies for planning, pedagogy, and assessment, alongside guidance for developing your professional identity and career. Designed to be read as a course text or dipped into for support and advice, this book will help you:

·       Understand what pupils learn in design and technology and why it matters

·       Build strong subject knowledge and reflective classroom practice

·       Create inclusive, safe, and inspiring learning environments

·       Navigate curriculum changes and plan for your professional growth

With tasks, examples, and further reading, this book is essential reading for students on all training routes—as well as their mentors—who aspire to become confident, forward-thinking design and technology teachers.

Table of Contents:

List of illustrations  List of tasks  Acknowledgements  List of Contributors  Introduction  Part 1: Design and technology in education  1. The Evolving Shape of design and technology  2. Values in design and technology  Part 2: Design and technology curriculum  3. What pupils learn in design and technology and why they learn it  4. Design and designing  5. Materials  6. Textiles  7. Electronics, actuation and control technologies  8. Food and nutrition  9. Teaching design communication skills  10. Therole of critiquing in design and technology education  Part 3: Teaching design and technology  11. Lesson Planning in design and technology  12. Key pedagogies in design and technology  13. Curriculum planning in design and technology  14. Health and safety in design and technology  Part 4: Pupil focused  15. Inclusion and diversity in design and technology  16. Formative and summative assessment in design and technology  17. Transitioning into and out of secondary design and technology  Part 5: Developing your design and technology teaching career  18. Working with your design and technology mentor  19. Your professional development