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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Developing student teachers’ understanding of D&T curriculum planning
Part One: Learning to plan Liam Anderson, Head of Design & Technology at Trinity School, Newbury I was privileged to recently lead a session at the University of Reading for D&T student teachers on curriculum planning. In this blog post, I will share some of my reflections on how to effectively support student teachers to […]
Preparing Trainee Teachers to Teach Primary Design & Technology
Janine Pavlis, Lecturer in Primary Education (D&T) at St Mary’s University, London. Twitter: @JaninePavlisDT At the beginning of each semester, my trainee teachers are asked to share one word relating to what they think D&T is about. Common answers will include various materials they have previously used, different objects they made at secondary school, and […]
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 […]
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 […]