Reports
Here is a selection of reports that are likely to be of interest to teachers of Design & Technology.
Tools for change
The educational landscape in secondary schools is set to change. Nuffield D&T has developed 12 documents that will help you respond positively and effectively.
published: 13 November 2007
The Secondary Curriculum Review - All Change?
For the past 17 years subjects have been the "brick" from which the curriculum wall has been constructed, Pink Floyd notwithstanding.
published: 27 April 2007
Know your stuff!
The Nuffield Curriculum Centre, the Design and Technology Association and the Association for Science Education hosted an invitation seminar in October 2005 to consider the professional...
published: 10 November 2006
Using systems thinking to enhance the D & T curriculum
Working in conjunction with BAE Systems, David Barlex and Jo Oladejo from the Nuffield Curriculum Centre, and Torben Steeg, have produced the Big Ideas BAE Systems Engineering Resource Pack.
published: 12 May 2006
Get philosophical the de Vries way!
Science teachers can call on a long history in the study of the philosophy of science and this has helped establish science as an essential part of the curriculum for all pupils throughout compulsory...
published: 3 October 2005
Teaching a Capability Task
Richard Kimbell must have read the Nuffield KS3 Teacher's Handbook!
published: 10 February 2005
The Reports of the Strategy Group
In 2001 the Design & Technology Strategy Group was set up to advise ministers on how to build on the already considerable success of the subject. Here is it's report.
published: 29 August 2004
Research into portfolios pays off
Malcolm Welch and David Barlex received an Elliott Award for a Travel Fellowship in Education from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario to investigate the use of portfolios in design & technology education...
published: 10 December 2003
Last modified: 21 May 2007