Developing knowledge and practical skills for design and technology GCSE TY242 / A19

Would you like to increase your confidence in teaching new or unfamiliar design and technology content? Are you looking for ways of engaging students in content not traditionally taught in your material area?

This two day course will help you develop the practical skills and knowledge to deliver the design and technology GCSE. It is aimed at teachers from all material areas (product design, textiles, resistant materials, graphics, etc…) and will support the teaching of all exam specifications.

"Fantastic two days! So intense and some great ideas and real physical products to implement. So much to think about!" - Participant 2018

Content will include:

• teaching the tricky bits eg levers, mechanisms, forces, stresses, electronics
• developing material knowledge, exploring the properties and uses of a range of materials
• hands-on experience of materials, developing your confidence in processes that might be outside of your traditional specialism
• exploring how non-traditional equipment can be used in a classroom to teach GCSE subject content, allowing for activities to be carried out in a non-specialist room
• lots of ideas for activities that can be used in the classroom to develop your key stage 4 curriculum
• suggestions on how current classrooms and staffing might be used to deliver the design and technology GCSE

Please note, whilst this course will spend time focused on equipment, the majority of content will focus on activities that can be carried out in a non-specialist room and approaches to teaching GCSE content without traditional machinery.

This is a residential course, fees include meals and accommodation for the duration of the course