Talking D&T

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Its another week of news - I have funding to develop my PhD work into something useful!

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I am excited and relieved this week - I've submitted the manuscript for the 4th edition of Learning to Teach Design and Technology. Here's an update about what's new in the book.
In this episode I mention:

Chapter abstracts

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This episode is part of the series about design and technology and knowledge. Eddie Norman is this week's guest contributor and asks How can design not be considered as central to engaging with the future?

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Mentioned in this episode:

Expert panel report

Design epistemology and Curriculum Planning

Professor David Spendlove

Professor Stephanie Atkinson

Professor Eddie Norman on Researchgate

Design and Technology Education: An International Journal

Design Models of Change: The Impact of Design Thinking on People's Lives and the Environment

Arthur Chan’s thesis 'Perspectives of academics and practitioners on design thinking'

Norman, E.W. 1998.  The Nature of Technology for Design.International Journal of Technology and Design Education 8: 67. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008827820764

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This week I outline 5 big ideas about the value of D&T. Do your values of D&T match with any of these?

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Five themes:

1. D&T meets our economic and domestic needs
2. Generic and transferrable skills
3. Technological awareness
4. Create and recognise good design
5. Personal development and enjoyment

I talk in more detail about these values in chapter 2, Understanding yourself – beliefs, values and attitudes how your experiences influence your approaches to mentoring of the book Mentoring Design and Technology Teachers in the Secondary School

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In this episode I explain why I am interested in the different values people have of D&T.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Stephanie Atkinson’s paper 'Design and Technology in the United Kingdom'
• David Barlex’s John Eggleston Memorial Lecture 'Dear Minister, This is why design and technology is a very important subject in the school curriculum’
• My writing about the value of D&T and my research can be found on the ResearchGate website
• A brief overview of my research can be found in Chapter 2 of the book Mentoring Design and Technology Teachers in the Secondary School
• What’s D&T for? Gathering and comparing the values of design and technology academics and trainee teachers.

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This is the first of four episodes from Eddie Norman about design and knowledge.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Art of the Engineer by Ken Baynes and Francis Pugh
• Loughborough Design School
• DesignMethods: Seeds of human futures by J Christopher Jones
• The continuum of design education for engineering by Professor Geoffrey Harrison
• iD cards that were developed by Dr Mark Evans from Dr Eujin Pei’s PhD research

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Listen to me exploring what warranted forms of reality are in design and technology (or more simply - is it true to say that every vac form mould must have a draft angle?)

In this episode I mention:

• Christine Counsell’s article ‘Taking curriculum seriously’
• Vacuum forming

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This week I talk with Professor David Spendlove about why he thinks its time for design and/or technology 2.0. 

In this episode we mention:

• PhD design forum
• Don Norman
• Ken Friedman
• Nigel Cross
• IDEAS
• ‘We feel therefore we learn’: David’s keynote  
• The locating of emotion within a creative, learning and product orientated design and technology experience: person, process, product Spendlove, D. Int J Technol Des Educ (2008) 18: 45. 

Find out more about David on these sites:

• Twitter
• David’s blog
• David’s Uni of Manchester page

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Talking D&T is a podcast about design and technology education. Join Alison Hardy as she shares ideas, news and views about D&T and interviews teachers and researchers from the D&T community.

The Talking D&T podcast is for anyone interested in design and technology education, from student teachers to experienced teachers, plus colleagues in teacher education and research.

Transcripts and links to items talked about in each episode available via the podcast website.

New episodes will be available on Tuesday mornings, you can subscribe wherever you find your podcasts.

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The theme of this week's episode is how did we get here? The 'we' is design and technology and I focus on how did D&T in England decline in status and student numbers. 

In this episode I mention:

• Eddie Norman
• Curriculum review
• Design Epistemology and Curriculum Planning
• My chapter: How did the expert panel conclude that D&T should be moved to the basic curriculum?
• Stephanie Atkinson’s chapter: ‘So what went wrong and why?’. 
• Kurt Seemann
• Christine Counsell's Impact article: Taking Curriculum Seriously

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Please offer your feedback about the show or ideas for future episodes and topics by connecting with me on Twitter @hardy_alison or by emailing me.

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Talking D&T is a podcast about design and technology education. Join Alison Hardy as she shares ideas, news and views about D&T and interviews teachers and researchers from the D&T community.

The Talking D&T podcast is for anyone interested in design and technology education, from student teachers to experienced teachers, plus colleagues in teacher education and research.

New episodes will be available on Tuesday mornings, and you can subscribe wherever you find your podcasts.

Support the show

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I have pondered a while and here are my thoughts about Amanda Spielman's speech on Wednesday 10th July 2019 at the V&A museum in London. Instead of focussing on her deep dive questions about curriculum, I talk about design and technology capability and how it can be used in curriculum planning in D&T.

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Amanda Spielman's speech

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Support the show

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