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This course is ideally suited to secondary teachers with limited experience teaching design and technology.Over the course of the three days, we will discuss aspects of the subject, its context and purpose, key content and skills and how to plan, deliver and monitor a broad and balanced D&T curriculum for your school.
Course Objectives:
Understand the requirements of the National Curriculum acknowledging these are a starting point to a wider curriculum provision
Develop a vision for D&T in your school
Planning to ensure progression, stretch and challenge
How to successfully fit D&T into a crowded curriculum
Discover and plan for the required resources to support the delivery of your departments' curriculum
Ensure your curriculum is fit for future learning and employment
Gain confidence in the use and application of specialised processes
By the end of the course, delegates will:
Have a greater understanding of how D&T fits effectively within the school curriculum and the content that is required to deliver your curriculum
Acquire a knowledge of the design thinking that underpins the teaching of Design and Technology in the secondary school
Understand the key stages of secondary education and how to plan a 5 or 7 year D&T curriculum
Have greater confidence in their long-term plans and sequencing of lessons
Have a greater understanding of the D&T content and how to deliver a context-based design curriculum
Develop greater confidence in the use of CAD, CAM and visual communication
Experience working with a range of materials and processes
Day 1 (24th June)
D&T in context
The National Curriculum for D&T
Key stages of education
Key content and learning: systems and processes
Working with materials: timbers, polymers and CAD
Day 2 (25th June)
Design thinking
Contextual approaches to design
Managing NEA and theory content at exam level
Working with materials: textiles, electronics and modelling materials
Day 3 (26th June)
Long, mid, and short-term curriculum planning
Progression in learning
Common processes, tools, and machinery
Systems & Control and CAM
Accommodation is not included in this price
You will find many hotels nearby to suit your budget. Premier Inn is within walking distance of the venue but you will find a variety of other hotels and guesthouses, in and around the town and local area.
Please bring a laptop with you for use on the courses.
Meet Your Trainer
Lol Conway – Curriculum Trainer
Lol has been a Design and Technology teacher for 12 years teaching students from years 7 to 13 in comprehensive secondary schools. She has been a Head of Department for 7 of those years and was a College/Pastoral Leader for 2. During her time as Head of Department she took a department that was struggling to a thriving and outstanding faculty within the school…
Read more about Lol
Before booking onto the course please read our terms and conditions and our cancellation policy.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Design and Technology Association, 11 Manor Park,Banbury, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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