The Evidence Gap In D&T Curriculum Decisions

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of making informed decisions in D&T curriculum leadership amidst various pressures and uncertainties.

Send me a message. D&T curriculum leadership often feels like making consequential calls with half a map. When time is squeezed, pupils disengage, policies shift, and senior leaders want clear rationales, it is easy to end up relying on instinct or borrowed evidence from other subjects. I wanted to pause on a simple but uncomfortable question for primary and secondary Design and Technology subject leads across England, the UK, and beyond: what decisions are you making right now where you ...

People in this episode

Host: Dr Alison Hardy

Topics covered

• D&T curriculum
• education leadership
• evidence-based decision making
• primary education
• secondary education

Keywords

• D&T curriculum
• curriculum decisions
• education
• leadership
• evidence gap
• primary education
• secondary education

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Places: England, UK

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