Learning to teach design and technology in the secondary school : a companion to school experience

List of figures . . VII
List of tables . . VIII
List of contributors . . IX
Acknowledgements . . XII

Introduction . . 1

PART I: DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY IN SCHOOL . . 5
1 Design and technology in the secondary school . . 7
2 Design and technology in the primary school . . 18

PART II: PREPARING TO TEACH DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY . . 35
3 Health and safety in design and technology . . 37
4 Preparing to teach design . . 57
5 Preparing to teach electronics, actuation and control technologies . . 77
6 Preparing to teach food technology . . 99
7 Preparing to teach materials technology . . 120
8 Preparing to teach textiles technology . . 136
9 Preparing to teach graphics . . 150
10 Preparing to teach with digital technologies . . 161

PART III: TEACHING DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY . . 179
11 Pupil learning in design and technology . . 181
12 Teaching design and technology . . 199
13 Assessing design and technology . . 221
14 Planning to teach design and technology . . 241

PART IV: DEVELOPING YOUR TEACHING . . 267
15 Developing links with other subjects . . 269
16 Developing values . . 287
17 Developing work with disruptive technologies . . 303
18 Your professional development . . 323

Index . . 337