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Preliminary Observations of an evolutionary Design and Technology curriculum: A Worrying Trend?

Bell, D, Wooff, David, McLain, M and Hughes, C (2011) Preliminary Observations of an evolutionary Design and Technology curriculum: A Worrying Trend? In: The Design and Technology Association Education and International Research Conference, 8th-9th July 2011, Keele Univeristy. (Unpublished)

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Lecture)

Abstract

This poster presents the preliminary findings of senior lecturers working within two large Initial Teacher Training (ITT) providers in North West England. Derived during professional discourse and email conversation, the work presents observations by the authors that relates specifically to the changing nature of design and technology in some secondary schools in the training providers’ geographical location.
Initial findings support other research (Hughes et al. (2010), (2011 )) into the evolving nature of design and technology in today’s economic and political climate which has examined aspects of the evolution of textiles technology within the secondary school curriculum.

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Depositing User: David Wooff

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Item ID: 9915
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/9915

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

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Date Deposited: 17 Sep 2018 15:41
Last Modified: 18 Dec 2019 16:07

Contributors

Author: David Wooff ORCID iD
Author: D Bell
Author: M McLain
Author: C Hughes

University Divisions

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

Subjects

Education > Secondary Education
Education

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