The Design Technology Department
Importance of Design and Technology
1. In design and technology pupils combine practical and technological skills with creative thinking to design and make products and systems which meet human needs.
2. They learn to use current technologies and consider the impact of future technological development.
3. They learn to think creatively and intervene to improve the quality of life, solving problems as individuals and member of a team.
4. Working in stimulating contexts which provide a range of opportunities and draw on the local ethos, community and wider world, pupils identify needs and opportunities.
5. They respond with ideas, products and systems, challenging expectations where appropriate.
6. They combine practical and intellectual skills with an understanding of aesthetic, technical, cultural, health, social, emotional, economic, industrial and environmental issues.
7. As they do so, they evaluate present and past design and technology and its uses and effects.
8. Through design and technology pupils develop confidence in using practical skills and become discriminating users of products.
9. They apply their creative thinking and learn to innovate.
What subjects make up Design Technology?
Currently there are four separate subject strands that go to make up the whole subject of Design Technology.
