Understanding the Primary Design and Technology Curriculum: Effective Curriculum Design (ON DEMAND)

This online session will explore the potential of curriculum design to transform our children’s experiences of Design Technology enabling them to develop knowledge, skills and understanding over time. We will reflect upon how we inspire students to think about the important and integral role which design, and the creation of designed products, play in our society. 

We will explore the three foundational areas of our primary design technology curriculum; cook, build and sew. During the session we will unpick three different ‘aspects’ of design that are interwoven into the three areas of study: the environment and sustainability,  enterprise and innovation and the process of design. We will learn how these aspects of design technology acknowledge enduring and contemporary concerns of modern design. 

We will consider questions such as:  

• How do we develop a clear intent for our DT curriculum?  
• How do we make choices about the practical elements that children will study?  
• How do we create a DT curriculum that reflects both equality and diversity? 
• How does the design of the DT curriculum ensure progression?  
• How can we ensure our DT curriculum builds on and contributes to knowledge in other subject areas, such as science?  
• How can we incorporate children’s personal responses into our DT curriculum design?