Making Confident Design And Technology Curriculum Decisions Without Guesswork

About this episode

The episode discusses how to make informed decisions in design and technology education without relying on guesswork.

Send me a message. A curriculum can look tidy on paper while the teacher behind it is quietly thinking, “Am I getting this right?” We sit with that reality and treat it seriously, because design and technology education is full of high-frequency decisions that rarely come with neat, usable evidence attached. When you are choosing content, planning projects, or defending DT to senior leaders, guesswork is a poor tool, yet it is often what we are left with. This week I unpack some of the speci...

People in this episode

Host: Dr Alison Hardy

Topics covered

• design education
• technology curriculum
• curriculum planning
• decision making
• teacher confidence

Keywords

• curriculum decisions
• design and technology
• education
• planning projects
• senior leaders

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