Debates in Design and Technology Education

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

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.