Table of Contents

Part 1:Issues of Definition 1. The Challenge for Design and Technology Education 2. How Can We Meet the Challenges Posed by a New Model of Practical Scholarship? 3. Designing, What Does it Mean at Key Stages 2 and 3? 4. The Educational Value of Making Part 2:Issues in the Classroom 5. How Should the Current Technologies be Implemented in the Design and Technology Curriculum? 6. ICT: Supporting Quality in Design and Technology 7. Issues in Planning Design and Technology: Key Stages 1 and 2 8. Assessment in Design and Technology: Authenticity and Management Issues Part 3:Issues in the School Context 9. Boys' Performance in Design and Technology: the Context and the Issues 10. Is Gender Still on the agenda as an Issue for Design and Technology? Part 4:Issues Beyond the School 11. What has Ethics to do with Design and Technology Education? 12. Values and Attitudes in Design and Technology 13. Links with Industry: to What Extent is it Possible to Establish Effective Links to Benefit All Partners? 14. The Professional Nature of Teaching: Issues for Design and Technology Teachers