Teaching Design and Technology
"Design and technology is crucial to the national economy and to individual employment prospects. John Eggleston shows how this area of work has come to occupy a new and central place in the school curriculum, and highlights the higher status and a new identity now accorded to technology. He explores this new identity, its origins, its manifestations in classroom practice, and its possible futures. He pays particular attention to its role in the national curriculum, to assessment, to gender...
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Eggleston (education, Warwick University) shows how design and technology have come to occupy a central place in the UK school curriculum. He explores the origins and classroom manifestations of this phenomenon, paying particular attention to the national curriculum, assessment, race and gender issues, and management. This third edition contains two new chapters on the training of design and technology teachers, and on design and technology in classroom practice. Material has been revised in light on the new National Curriculum for Design and Technology, which took effect in 2000. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Design and Technology Times This book is very readable, besides being an important source of reference. It should be part of any induction courses for design and technology teacher training.
Series editor's preface7Preface to the first edition9Preface to the second edition9Preface to the third edition10Ch. 1The coming of Design and Technology11Ch. 2What is Design and Technology education?23Ch. 3Design and Technology in the National Curriculum38Ch. 4Assessing Design and Technology56Ch. 5Gender, race and Design and Technology70Ch. 6Managing and resourcing Design and Technology80Ch. 7Training the Design and Technology teachers90Ch. 8Design and Technology in practice97Ch. 9Conclusion123Index127
\ Design and Technology Teaching...this book deserves a wide readership. Practising teachers should find plenty to interest them. It looks like a clear favourite for the reading lists of students on initial teacher training courses.\ \ \ \ \ Design and Technology TimesThis book is very readable, besides being an important source of reference. It should be part of any induction courses for design and technology teacher training.\ \ \ BooknewsUpdated from the 1992 edition in light of new National Curriculum requirements, explains the place and practice of teaching science and technology in British schools. Eggleston (education, U. of Warwick) shows how the Design and Technology subject has come to occupy a central place in the school curriculum; explores its origins, its manifestations in classroom practices, and its possible future; and its relationship to other domains such as gender and race issues, management, employment prospects, and the national economy. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
