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Design and technology at key stage 3


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Useful organisations and resources

Useful organisations

QCA
29 Bolton Street
London W1Y 7PD
Tel: 020 7509 5555
Fax: 020 7509 6666
e-mail: info@qca.org.uk
website: www.qca.org.uk

DATA (Design and Technology Association)
16 Wellesbourne House
Walton Road
Wellesbourne
Warwickshire CV35 9JB
Tel: 01789 470007
Fax: 01789 841955
e-mail: data@data.org.uk
website: www.data.org.uk

BECTa (formerly NCET (British Educational Communications and Technology Agency)
Millburn Hill Road
Science Park
Coventry CV4 7JJ
Tel: 024 7641 6994
Fax: 024 7411 1418
e-mail: becta@becta.org.uk
website: www.becta.org.uk

NATHE/DATA (National Association of Teachers of Home Economics and Technology)
(amalgamated with DATA )
DATA London Office
Hamilton House
Mabledon Place
London WC1H 9BJ
Tel: 020 7387 1441
Fax: 020 7383 7230
e-mail: nathe@globalnet.co.uk
website: www.data.org.uk

NAAIDT (National Association of Advisers and Inspectors in Design and Technology)
NAAIDT Publications (available from DATA )
16 Wellesbourne House
Walton Road
Wellesbourne
Warwickshire CV35 9JB
Tel: 01789 470007
Fax: 01789 841955
e-mail: naaidt@naaidt.org.uk
website: www.naaidt.org.uk

Nuffield Design and Technology
Nuffield Foundation
28 Bedford Square
London WC1B 3EG
Tel: 020 7436 4412
Fax: 020 7436 1869

RCA Schools Technology Project
c/o Technology Colleges Trust
23rd Floor West Millbank Tower
21-24 Millbank
London SW1P 4QP
Tel: 020 7802 2330
Fax: 020 7802 2345

British Nutrition Foundation
High Holborn House
52 ?54 High Holborn
London WC1V 6RQ
Tel: 020 7404 6504
Fax: 020 7404 6747
e-mail: postbox@nutrition.org.uk
website: www.nutrition.org.uk

TEP (Technology Enhancement Programme)
Gatsby Technical Education Project
4/7 Red Lion Court
London EC4A 3EB
Tel: 020 7583 0900
Fax: 020 7583 0909
e-mail: gtep@gtep.co.uk
website: www.tep.org.uk

ITDG (formerly Intermediate Technology)
The Schumacher Centre for Technology and Development
Bourton Hall
Bourton-on-Dunsmore
Rugby
Warwickshire CV23 9QZ
Tel: 01788 661100
Fax: 01788 661101
e-mail: itdg@itdg.org.uk
website: oneworld.org/itdg

Useful resources

Other materials teachers may find useful:

  • The national curriculum for England (HMSO, 1999)
  • Design and technology, the national curriculum for England (QCA/DfEE, 1999)
  • Food in schools: ideas, planning a project, a recipe for the future (QCA, 1997)
  • Optional tests and tasks (key stage 3) design and technology (SCAA, 1996)
    Four units plus teacher's booklet
  • Exemplification of standards: design and technology at key stage 3 (SCAA, 1996)
  • Use of language - key stage 3 design and technology (SCAA, 1997)
  • Characteristics of good practice in design and technology (HMSO)
  • Characteristics of good practice in food technology (HMSO, 1996)
  • Standards in the secondary curriculum 1997-98 (Ofsted)
  • Exemplification of standards for health and safety training in design and technology
    (DATA research paper no.10, 1998)
  • Secondary head of department handbook (DATA, 1997)
  • Learning futures textiles - A teacher's guide to good practice in textiles technology (NATHE, 1998)
  • Quality through progression (NAAIDT, 1998)
  • A balance of good health information pack (Health Education Authority, 1996)
  • Food technology (British Nutrition Foundation, 1997)
  • Schemes of work and frameworks for planning produced by LEAs



Units

Unit 06. Transition: building on learning from key stage 2 Focus: transition
Unit 07ai. Understanding materials Focus: food
Unit 07aii. Understanding materials Focus: resistant materials
Unit 07aiii. Understanding materials Focus: textiles
Unit 07bi. Designing and making for yourself Focus: food
Unit 07bii. Designing and making for yourself Focus: resistant materials
Unit 07biii. Designing and making for yourself Focus: textiles
Unit 07c. Using ICT to support researching and designing Focus: ICT (food, resistant materials and textiles)
Unit 07d. Using control to control a display Focus: control and structures
Unit 07e. Activity week (optional)
Unit 08ai. Exploring materials Focus: food
Unit 08aii. Exploring materials Focus: resistant materials
Unit 08aiii. Exploring materials Focus: textiles
Unit 08bi. Designing for clients Focus: food
Unit 08bii. Designing for clients Focus: resistant materials
Unit 08biii. Designing for clients Focus: textiles
Unit 08c. Using ICT to support making Focus: ICT (food, resistant materials, textiles)
Unit 08d. Using control for security Focus: control
Unit 08ei. Producing batches Focus: food
Unit 08eii. Producing batches Focus: resistant materials
Unit 08eiii. Producing batches Focus: textiles
Unit 08f. The world of professional designers (optional)
Unit 09ai. Selecting materials Focus: food
Unit 09aii. Selecting materials Focus: resistant materials
Unit 09aiii. Selecting materials Focus: textiles
Unit 09bi. Designing for markets Focus: food
Unit 09bii. Designing for markets Focus: resistant materials
Unit 09biii. Designing for markets Focus: textiles
Unit 09c. Using ICT to link with the world outside school Focus: ICT (food, resistant materials and textiles)
Unit 09d. Using control for electronic monitoring Focus: control
Unit 09ei. Ensuring quality production Focus: food
Unit 09eii. Ensuring quality production Focus: resistant materials
Unit 09eiii. Ensuring quality production Focus: textiles
Unit 09f. Moving on to key stage 4 Focus: reviewing and target setting