Teaching and Learning Design and Technology: A Guide to Recent Research and its Applications

by John Eggleston

Overview

Here is an increasingly wide agreement among teachers, researchers, inspectors, advisers and policy-makers that both teaching and research will benefit from being brought closer together. But how can this be achieved?
Hard-pressed practitioners cannot be expected to review a constant flow of conference papers, journals and other publications, even if such items were accessible and clearly understood. This unique book synthesizes relevant research findings for the professional practitioner and highlights their implications for the quality of teaching and learning.

Whether you are a teacher looking to improve your practice through applying the latest thinking in your subject, or a researcher looking for a concise review of the literature, this book will prove to be a valuable acquisition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826477392
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/30/2004
Series:	Continuum Collection
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

John Eggleston was Visiting Professor at Middlesex University, UK, and at the University of Central England, UK. He was vice-chair of the Design and Technology Association (DATA).

Table of Contents

	List of contributors	vi
	Series editor's introduction	ix
	Introduction	xxv
Chapter 1	Ensuring Successful Curriculum Development in Primary Design and Technology	1
Chapter 2	Identifying Designing and Making Skills and Making Cross-curricular Links in the Primary School	15
Chapter 3	How to Develop Problem Solving in Design and Technology	34
Chapter 4	Researching the Art of Good Teaching in Design and Technology	45
Chapter 5	Resourcing Design and Technology	62
Chapter 6	Developing Textbooks	71
Chapter 7	Perspectives on Departmental Organization and Children's Learning through the Nuffield Design and Technology Project	91
Chapter 8	The Introduction of Criterion-Referenced Assessment to Design and Technology	104
Chapter 9	Distinctive Skills and Implicit Practices	116
Chapter 10	Learning Through Making: the Crafts Council Research	134
	Index	147

Editorial Reviews

Ten contributions, from British science and technology educators, synthesize relevant research findings of the last decade and highlight their implications for teaching and learning, from the primary school level through adult education. They discuss a range of topics including the development of textbooks, curriculum development, departmental organization, children's learning, distinctive skills and implicit practices, cross-curricular links in the primary school, and criterion-referenced assessment. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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