Developing online subject knowledge enhancement for prospective teachers of design and technology

Kate Finlay, Head of Design and Technology, Hethersett Academy. katefinlay@inspirationtrust.org It is quite a thing to build an online teaching course, it is another challenge entirely doing this during an unprecedented global pandemic. I was very young when I started teaching, but was fortunate to be doing a 4-year D&T BEd degree.  I have always […]

ITE Recruitment in England: a retrospective

Matt McLain, Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education, Liverpool John Moores University m.n.mclain@ljmu.ac.uk When I moved into initial teacher education (ITE) at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) in 2009. ITE Recruitment for D&T was healthy, both at LJMU and nationally. We had 44 student teachers across our D&T and Engineering PGCE courses, plus an undergraduate programme […]