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This paper outlines reflections by two tutors in Initial Teacher Education on ways design and technology (D&T) has been included in cross-curricular modules at our institution. These modules were a new addition to our courses in response to a conviction…

I have always been interested in the twists and turns of
education policy. It’s tempting to dismiss a lot of it scornfully,
as the ravings of some semi-informed nutters. But the hard
reality is that education is a very difficult…

Knowledge Promotion is the recent curriculum for the
Norwegian 10-year compulsory school. Technology and
Design (ToD) is a new main subject area in Natural
Science. ToD should be taught across the curriculum
between Natural Science, Art and Crafts, and
Mathematics.…

This paper has emerged out of my life-long passion for Design and Technology (D&T), which I will refer to as D&T from now on, my on-going research which has informed my practice as a teacher of D&T in England over…

This article presents a tentative framing that has emerged out of one person’s theorised and reflective professional practice with pre-service primary and secondary Design and Technology teachers as well as with practising teachers, school leadership teams and curriculum policy
designers…

Calls for the integration of subjects continue to emanate from a wide range of professional bodies, including governments and subject associations. Yet as some authors suggest, blurring the boundaries between subjects may be one of the most daunting tasks educators…

New Zealand has recently released a new national curriculum presented as the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) (Ministry of Education, 2007). This document has significant implications for the future redevelopment of both the compulsory school curriculum and the non-compulsory senior secondary…

Design is a discipline which involves many domains, skills
and professions. Design practice in Technology education1
in the Irish second level (high school) context is not a
representation of the professional realm of design. Design
education in the Irish second…

Sloyd pedagogy was introduced towards the close of
the18th century to Icelandic educators. Subsequently craft
was established as a specific subject aimed at general
education. In the beginning craft was called “school
industry,” to distinguish it from “home industry” whose…