Learning to Teach Design and Technology in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience

Learning to Teach Design and Technology in the Secondary School is a core text for training to teach design and technology in the secondary school. It helps develop subject knowledge, understand the role, purpose, and potential of design and technology, and provides practical skills to plan, teach, and evaluate stimulating and creative lessons. The fourth edition includes information on all areas of design and technology, new subject requirements, and three new chapters on critiquing, transitions, and using and producing design and technology education research. It is designed to be read as a course or dipped into for support and advice, covering areas such as materials, textiles, electronics, food, integrating new curriculum topics, health and safety, planning lessons, organizing and managing the classroom, teaching wider issues through design and technology, assessment issues, and professional development.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 356 pages
Publication date: 02 October 2020
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Learning to Teach Design and Technology in the Secondary School is a comprehensive and essential text for anyone aspiring to become a teacher of design and technology in the secondary school. It serves as a vital resource for developing subject knowledge, gaining a deeper understanding of the role, purpose, and potential of design and technology within the secondary curriculum, and acquiring the practical skills necessary to plan, teach, and evaluate engaging and creative lessons. This fully revised and updated fourth edition encompasses all areas of design and technology, as well as new subject requirements related to exam qualifications. It includes three new chapters on the importance of critiquing in design and technology education, transitions after secondary design and technology, and using and producing design and technology education research. Designed to be read as a course or consulted for support and guidance, the book covers a wide range of topics, including:

Each area of design and technology: materials, textiles, electronics, and food.

Integrating new curriculum topics, such as emerging technologies, into teaching.

Developing areas of subject knowledge.

Health and safety.

Planning lessons.

Organizing and managing the classroom.

Teaching wider issues through design and technology.

Assessment issues.

Your own professional development.

By drawing upon insights from current educational theory and the most effective contemporary classroom teaching and learning practices, this book offers invaluable guidance for students on all training routes, as well as their mentors, who aspire to become effective, reflective, and inspiring design and technology teachers.

Weight: 700g
Dimension: 174 x 246 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367336813
Edition number: 4 New edition