The Educational Reform (Northern Ireland) Order
(1989) created Technology and Design as a new and
compulsory component of the curriculum for all
pupils at Key Stage 3. This research investigates the
range of challenge that the teachers of Technology
and…

The article develops the argument that
Technology Education has a particular and
important role in achieving sustainable futures
within different societies. The starting point for
this article is an observation of two boys
making toys out of materials that would

One way of raising the efficiency of a scholar’s
learning and achievement is to improve
teaching strategies employed by staff and the
learning strategies adopted by the learner.
Teachers have long recognised that learners
differ in how they learn and…

Innovation Education (IE) is a new subject area in the
Icelandic national curriculum. The aim is to develop
students’ abilities to innovate, with a particular focus on
ideation skills. A Virtual Reality Learning Environment has
been subsequently developed to provide…

This paper reports on a research study exploring the value
of interactive media to enhancing creativity in Design and
Technology (D&T) students. The literature review
contextualises the issues of self-management and risktaking
as phenomena which need to be managed and

The paper presents the findings of a PhD study into
design decision-making and specifically the use of values
during design decision-making. Firstly it presents a model
of design decision-making as a combination of the use of
knowledge, skills and values…

Twenty years ago I spent a year studying the
Design Process in CDT in the UK on a Fulbright
Scholarship. Pre-National Curriculum, it was an
exciting time to be a technology educator.
Among the people whose work had impressed
me…