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 […]
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.