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Defining Design and Technology in an Age of Uncertainty: The View of the Expert Practitioner.

Wooff, David (2018) Defining Design and Technology in an Age of Uncertainty: The View of the Expert Practitioner. PRISM, 1 (2). pp. 25-54. ISSN 2514-5347

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Abstract

Long standing debate surrounds the position Design and Technology holds in the English and Welsh national curriculum. Some commentators espouse alignment with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) as its natural home, whilst others argue that this stifles creativity and takes no account of the ?designerly? nature they consider to be a central tenet of the subject. Against this backdrop, the subject has undergone changes in both prescribed subject knowledge content and examination and assessment arrangements by which pupil progress and attainment are measured. Set against this background, the work presented here summarises a Delphi study which sought to canvass the opinion of established and experienced Design and Technology teachers about how they perceive the attributes, values and unique features of the subject. The results are analysed to give a view of the subject from within the classroom. Analysis reveals that participants in the study consider the ?uniqueness? of the subject to prevail over the values and attributes they collectively define it by. The study moves on to discuss the findings in relation to the values and direction which underpin policy documentation that drives and shapes the subject from a national perspective. Finally, the work concludes by highlighting several important areas worthy of further research which have emerged and could be seen as contributory to understanding the nature and essence of Design and Technology.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: Education, Values, Design and Technology
Depositing User: David Wooff

Identifiers

Item ID: 9830
ISSN: 2514-5347
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/9830
Official URL: http://prism-journal.blackburn.ac.uk/prism-volume-...

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ORCID for David Wooff: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6284-7149

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Date Deposited: 20 Sep 2018 09:07
Last Modified: 18 Dec 2019 16:07

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Author: David Wooff ORCID iD

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Faculty of Education and Society
Faculty of Education and Society > School of Education

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Education > Secondary Education
Education

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