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In Search of A Pedagogy for Primary Design and Technology

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International Handbook of Primary Technology Education

Part of the book series: International Technology Education Studies ((ITES,volume 7))

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During a recent visit to a primary school a teacher commented about the many changes in Design and Technology over her twenty one year career. She described how the subject had changed and of course its title. She claimed that, “the name of the subject does not matter, the children still make buggies!” An experienced nonspecialist teacher, she had seen Design and Technology in English primary schools develop from the non-compulsory craft, Design and Technology (CDT) and home economics (HE) taught in a proportion of schools to a statutory element of a National Curriculum (DfEE/QCA, 1999) for all children of five to eleven years, entitled Design and Technology.

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  1. Department of Education, University Of Manchester, England

    Alan Cross

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  1. Birmingham City University, UK

    Clare Benson

  2. Birmingham City University, UK

    Julie Lunt

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Cross, A. (2011). In Search of A Pedagogy for Primary Design and Technology. In: Benson, C., Lunt, J. (eds) International Handbook of Primary Technology Education. International Technology Education Studies, vol 7. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-546-8_14

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