Design and technology is a relatively new subject compared to more traditional subjects, and during its brief existence, it has garnered widespread debate in schools. This book aims to explore some of these debates and challenges the reader with new perspectives about the subject by presenting and questioning arguments about the purpose, content and place of design and technology in the school curriculum. It will encourage the reader to critically reflect on their own beliefs and practices to reach informed judgements and perspectives that will affect how they teach and think about design and technology.
Exploring the major issues that design and technology teachers encounter in their professional lives as well as introducing new topics they may never have considered before, this comprehensive second edition has been fully updated with 16 chapters focusing on emerging and enduring debates:
- How do we do race in design and technology?
- What’s so special about design and technology anyway?
- What is design cognition in design and technology classrooms?
- What is the potential of feedback in the creative processes of a design and technology classroom?
- Does food fit in design and technology?
- What is the role of making in design and technology?
With its combination of expert opinion and fresh insight, Debates in Design and Technology Education is the ideal companion for any student or practising teacher engaged in initial training, continuing professional development or master’s-level study.
Introduction
Alison Hardy
Part I: Political and international debates about design and technology
Chapter 1 Government policies and design and technology education
Daniel Wakefield and Alison Hardy
Chapter 2 International perspectives on technology education
Frank Banks and P. John Williams
Chapter 3 How do we do race in design and technology?
Bhavna Prajapat, Rose Sinclair, and Alison Hardy
Part II: Debates about design and technology
Chapter 4 Why did design and technology education fail, and what might replace it?
David Spendlove
Chapter 5 What’s so special about design and technology anyway?
Matt McLain
Chapter 6 Does food fit in design and technology?
Suzanne Lawson and Susan Wood-Griffiths
Chapter 7 Role of making in D&T
Mike Martin
Chapter 8 Entrepreneurship in technology education
Adri du Toit
Chapter 9 Gendering the curriculum
Ulrika Sultan
Chapter 10 Managing curriculum change
Sarah Davies
Part III: Teaching design and technology
Chapter 11 Influence of teachers’ perceptions of subject knowledge on pedagogical approaches
Dawne Irving-Bell
Chapter 12 Transition between primary and secondary school
Cathy Growney
Chapter 13 Teaching for Technological justice: embracing indigenous designs
Mishack Gumbo
Chapter 14 Design cognition in design and technology classrooms
Nicolaas Blom
Chapter 15 A hybrid design sketching approach that can drive critical thinking in design and technology
Yaone Rapitsenyane, Richie Moalosi, and Thatayaone Mosepedi
Chapter 16 Exploring the potential of feedback within the creative processes of a design and technology classroom
Alice Schut
Endpiece
Alison Hardy
Biography
Alison Hardy is an associate professor, writer, researcher, and podcaster. Alison's work centres on design and technology education. She has edited Learning to Teach Design and Technology and Redesigning D&T. You can find out more about Alison on her website – dralisonhardy.com – or on Twitter – @hardy_alison.
