Talking D&T

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This week's conversation came from recent chats I've been having with school senior leaders about what curriculum looks like in D&T.

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The Curriculum Theory and Practice by A V Kelly

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How did I forget to mention my research project in last week's episode???

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Previous episodes about this project:

• TD&T24 Understanding the value of D&T
• TD&T20: Designing a survey to understand how people value D&T
• TD&T043 Join our research project

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Reflecting back at 2020 at the start of 2021.

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New website: Dralisonhardy.com
Survey - thoughts, comments and suggestions for the podcast

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In this week's episode I talk with Liz Allton about her D&T work and leading an ENTHUSE project and how she swiftly moved CPD online.

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To find out more about Liz and her work:

Twitter: @lizsaddler
Liz's D&T apartment on Twitter: @DandT_FP2
Follow #DTenthusED to hear about future CPD sessions
If are interested in running some online CPD with Liz in the future can contact her via Twitter or email: [email protected]

If you want more information about STEM enthuse partnerships to visit: https://www.stem.org.uk/employers/enthuse-partnerships

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Have something to write about D&T but don't know where to start? Listen to this episode for ideas
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How did the expert panel conclude that D&T should be moved to a basic curriculum? (chapter in Design Epistemology and Curriculum Planning

Review of Pedagogy for Technology Education in Secondary Schools

Related Talking D&T episodes

TD&T049 Getting started with writing about D&T
TD&T52 What & why we need to write about D&T

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Sarah Davies shares insights from her research about why changing the D&T curriculum is a challenge.

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What’s Wrong With DT?  by John Miller
Kitronik website (Kitronik on Twitter)

Find more about Sarah Davies:

• Twitter - @sdsdavies
• Blog - https://sdsdavies.com/ 
• TES Resources for teaching Electronic Textiles 
• Electronic Textiles Research Paper 

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What makes you twitch when you hear others talking about D&T?

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Ulrika Sultan and I share our thoughts about issues of gender in D&T.

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• Celia Axell https://liu.se/en/employee/cecax27
• PATT conference porceedings https://www.iteea.org/39488.aspx
• OECD report Givord, P. (2020), "Do boys and girls have similar attitudes towards competition and failure?", PISA in Focus, No. 105, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/a8898906-en.

Where you can find Ulrika:

• Twitter @teknikpedagog
• LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/ulrika-sultan-513b9a195
• Work webpage https://liu.se/en/employee/ulrsu70

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In this episode I share some of my thoughts about why we need more teachers to write about their practice in D&T.

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I'm piloting some events called 'Let's talk about D&T', where you can join me to talk about an aspect of D&T education.

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Video links:

• 02 November: Teaching D&T by Alison Hardy
• 09 November: Planning Lessons in D&T by Sarah Davies
• 16 November: Key Pedagogies in D&T by Matt McLain
• 23 November: Planning for Progression in D&T by Alison Hardy

Webinar on Tuesday 1st December 2020 @ 19.30 (GMT)

The event is aimed at beginning teachers (student teachers and NQTs) and you can register for one of the limited places at https://bit.ly/3lgWn6U.

Contribute to Talking and thinking about design and/or technology 2.0 by emailing me [email protected]

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