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Design and Technology KS1-3

- implications of the new programmes of study

Richard GreenChief Executive, The Design and Technology Association

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“These Programmes of Study are more challenging than they were. In order for this country to compete in a global economy we need to raise our game.”

DfE video introducing the National Curriculum consultation, February 2013

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“This new curriculum will not inspire the invention and engineers Britain so desperately needs. The academic rigour Mr Gove demanded in other core subjects is missing in D&T... All is not lost.... We have until April to make (Mr Gove) change his mind and re-engineer the D&T curriculum. Britain’s future scientists and engineers depend on it.” 

James Dyson, founder of Dyson

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What happened next?

• Drafts developed by D&T Association, E4E, Design Council and others

• Stakeholder meeting

• Sign up from wide range of supporters

• CBI, EEF, Design Council, BNF, BAE, JCB ....

• Submitted to Minister on 22.4.13

• Used as a basis for roundtable 29.4.13

• Minor changes incorporated

• Final advice submitted to Minister 16.5.13

• Final draft published 8.7.13

• School Food Plan published 12.7.13

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Success

• TES blog

• “The campaign waged by the Design and Technology Association against the draft D&T curriculum released in February might be viewed as an exemplar on how to get ministers to change their minds.”

• BBC website

• “The CBI's Neil Carberry welcomed the changes to the design and technology curriculum, saying that it seemed ‘much sharper and focused on the technical skills industry and employers need.’”

• Design Week

• “Design Council chief executive John Mathers meanwhile says, ‘We’re delighted that schools will now have the opportunity to foster the talents of the next generation of Great British designers.’”

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What the minister wanted ...

• strengthen design and technical aspects

• practical

• breadth of domestic and industrial applications

• links to other subjects

• freedom and flexibility over pedagogy

• more aspirational

• cooking & nutrition to be a clearly separate strand

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Structure

• Purpose of study

• practical

• creativity, imagination, needs, wants, values

• links to maths, science, engineering, computing, art

• innovative, enterprising

• past and present D&T

• impact on daily life and the wider world

• culture, wealth and wellbeing

• Remember this is statutory

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Structure

• Aims

• 2nd establish own body of knowledge

• 4th cooking has to be compulsory – so separate aim focussed

on cooking and nutrition

• Remember these are statutory too

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Structure

• Common format in each key stage

• Contexts paragraph

• When designing and making ...

• Design

• Make

• Evaluate

• Technical knowledge

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When designing and making... (eg KS1)

• Breadth of contexts

• domestic to industrial

• Bullet 1

• distinctive nature of the subject

• Bullet 2

• variety of designing strategies

• reused and revisited in KS2 and KS3

• Bullet 3

• skills and techniques

• Bullet 4

• wide range of materials, not excluding any

• Bullets 7 and 8

• technical knowledge

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Cooking and nutrition ...

• As part of their work with food ....

• indicates Food Technology is part of the designing and making strand

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Next steps

• Final draft published for technical consultation – consultation

closes 8.8.13

• Final version published in autumn 2013 for first teaching Sept

2014

• Non-statutory guidance?

• National Curriculum / School Curriculum

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New resources for September from D&T Association

• Key Stages 1-2

• Planning your scheme of work

• Iterative Design

• Working from contexts

• Annotated sketches, cross sectional and exploded diagrams

• Key events and individuals in design and technology

• Key Stage 3

• Planning your scheme of work

• Iterative Design

• Working from contexts

• Biomimicry

• User Centered Design

• Working with programmable components

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Local branch meetings

• October and November

• 25+ events

• An introduction to planning from the new programmes of study

• Offer to convene an event

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Biomimicry

• “Biomimicry or biomimetics is the imitation of the models, systems, and elements of nature for the purpose of solving complex human problems”

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Iterative design

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News from the D&T Association

• Benefits

• for you

• for the Association

• for the subject

• New offer in September

• to support the implementation of the new National Curriculum

• more personal

• departmental membership in secondary

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Membership

• Membership can cost as little as 75p per week (less if you pay by direct debit)

• Essential individual Membership (prices still to be finalised)

• School Primary (whole staff logins) £80

• Individual Primary (1 personalised login) £40

• Departmental Secondary (4 personalised logins) £200

• Individual Secondary (1 personalised login) £75

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