Course overview
To introduce students to the spectrum of competing influences and values which shape Design and Technology Education.
Course learning outcomes
- identify and describe a range of issues that inform the shaping of Design and Technology Education for sustainability
- demonstrate basic knowledge of Design and Technology curriculum
- trace the relationships between the individual, schools, society and Design and Technology Education
- recognise the centrality of critiquing and designing to sustainable technological practice
- articulate a defence of Design and Technology Education as a component of the general education of all school students
- analyse their personal potential and limitations as beginning Design and Technology Education professionals