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Keeping up to date with your subject knowledge

Tom Corker is currently Head of Technology at Felixstowe School and Lead Technology Teacher for Unity Schools Partnership. Tom has experience leading and supporting schools in design & technology education in the East of England and has previously carried out consultancy work for the Design & Technology Association and BBC Bitesize. Design & technology is […]

Enhancing D&T teacher education

Introducing a new programme to run alongside your D&T teacher education course Matt McLain and Alison Hardy have a new 6 session programme beginning in October 2021 aimed at student D&T teachers . The programme works alongside the Learning to Teach Design and Technology textbook, with each session focusing on a different aspect of teaching D&T. The programme is […]

“No thank you, it’s not for me. I like my training to be face-to-face”: the challenges of moving to online CPD

Ryan Ball, Director of Education, Design and Technology Association, ryan.ball@data.org.uk “No thank you, it’s not for me. I like my training to be face-to-face” This was the generic response whenever we (The D&T Association) floated the idea of digital training with teachers over the last few years. Continual professional development is vital, and there is […]