Learning To Teach Design And Technology In The Secondary School (learning To Teach Subjects In The Secondary School Series)

Learning to Teach Design and Technology in the Secondary School Design and technology embraces work with food, resistant materials, systems and control and textiles. It requires pupils to work both practically and theoretically, to investigate and research, design, plan, make and evaluate. It is a subject which is based on the needs of people, and so has a ‘real world’ context and relevance for the pupils. It should also be interesting, exciting and fun. Learning to Teach Design and Technology in the Secondary School aims to help student teachers in their task of learning and developing their professional practice. It provides the theory underpinning important issues, and links this to practical classroom situations. Topics covered include: • • • • • • areas of subject knowledge content and how these can be audited and developed the importance of health and safety in design and technology work the integration of ICT into teaching and learning planning lessons and classroom management assessment in design and technology design and technology and its links with the community. The book is designed to help student teachers to develop their subject knowledge, teaching skills, understanding of the wider issues and the ability to reflect on classroom practice. Related titles Learning to Teach Subjects in the Secondary School Series Series Editors Susan Capel, Canterbury Christ Church College; Marilyn Leask, De Montfort University, Bedford; and Tony Turner, Institute of Education, University of London. Designed for all students learning to teach in secondary schools, and particularly those on school-based initial teacher training courses, the books in this series complement Learning to Teach in the Secondary School and its companion, Starting to Teach in the Secondary School. Each book in the series applies underpinning theory and addresses practical issues to support students in school and in the training institution in learning how to teach a particular subject. Learning to Teach English in the Secondary School Jon Davison and Jane Dowson Learning to Teach Modern Foreign Languages in the Secondary School Norbert Pachler and Kit Field Learning to Teach History in the Secondary School Terry Haydn, James Arthur and Martin Hunt Learning to Teach Physical Education in the Secondary School Susan Capel Learning to Teach Science in the Secondary School Tony Turner and Wendy DiMarco Learning to Teach Mathematics in the Secondary School Sue Johnston-Wilder, Peter Johnston-Wilder, David Pimm and John Westwell Learning to Teach Using ICT in the Secondary School Edited by Marilyn Leask and Norbert Pachler Learning to Teach Design and Technology in the Secondary School A companion to school experience Edited by Gwyneth Owen-Jackson L o n d o n a n d N e w Yo r k First published 2000 by RoutledgeFalmer 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by RoutledgeFalmer. 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 This edition published in the Taylor & Franc