Abstract
Cover 1Design and Technology in the curriculum Design and Technology in the primary school, as in the secondary, aims to foster the development of these fundamental human characteristics. A little known but interesting work by Evans, A Case of Primary School Technology (1983), explored the applicability of the 'Project Technology'1 approach to primary schools. Functional devices, on the other hand, are inescapably open to objective evaluation; the functional question being does the device perform the intended function? Children are making apparent the quality of their thinking and their value judgements, through modelling - conceptually and physically - objects and systems that meet human needs. The uniqueness of technology education lies in the means of validating that thinking.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Aspects of Teaching Secondary Design and Technology: Perspectives On Practice |
| Place of Publication | London, UK |
| Pages | 231-244 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Publication status | Published - 2002 |
Publication series
| Name | Flexible PGCE Series |
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| Publisher | Routledge |
Keywords
- technology
- study and teaching
- learning design
- information and communications technology
Cite this
McLaren, S. V., & Owen-Jackson, G. (Ed.) (2002). Value judgements evaluating design. In Aspects of Teaching Secondary Design and Technology: Perspectives On Practice (pp. 231-244). (Flexible PGCE Series)..