Part two: Teaching knowledge Liam Anderson, Head of Design & Technology at Trinity School, Newbury In part one of this blogpost, I shared some thoughts and reflections on how mentors could support design and technology (D&T) student teachers with developing their understanding of curriculum planning and considering the ‘big picture’ of D&T. In this second […]
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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 […]
Providing clear scaffolding and modelling of great teaching in design and technology when mentoring student teachers in schools – Part 2
Liam Anderson, Head of Design & Technology at Trinity School, Newbury This is the second of a two-part blogpost on scaffolding and modelling great teaching in design and technology when mentoring student teachers in schools. In the Part 1 of this two-part blogposts, I discussed how D&T student teachers will come with different knowledge, skills […]
Providing clear scaffolding and modelling of great teaching in design and technology when mentoring student teachers in schools – Part One.
Liam Anderson, Head of Design & Technology at Trinity School, Newbury This blogpost follows on from a recent (December 2021) initial teacher training (ITT) Mentor TeachMeet with the University of Reading, sharing school-based best practice from across Berkshire with mentoring secondary student teachers. This is part one of two blog posts on scaffolding and modelling […]
Training to Teach D&T during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jim Fitzpatrick, ITT Mentor and Head of Technology Faculty, St Hilda’s Church of England High School, Liverpool. pandemic/panˈdɛmɪk/adjective 1. (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world As each term has drawn to a close over the past twelve months, I’ve said to my department, “…there ends the strangest term of our […]
Why don’t we get on?
There’s a myriad of reasons why mentor/ student teacher relationships breakdown. But a fundamental reasons might be that you just don’t agree on why you teach D&T.