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Sir John Major and the Book of Deuteronomy strange bedfellows? Check out Thought for the Day by Rev Dr Michael Banner Dean and Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge at bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0j…

Interested in D&T education and the Maker Movement, then check out dandtfordandt.wordpress.com/2024/06/23/mak…

Check out interesting insights into girls and technology from Dr Ulrika Sultan at dandtfordandt.wordpress.com/2024/05/31/ulr…

@educationgovuk What about incentivising the teaching of design & technology which can be seen as providing the opportunity for learners to use what they have learned in other STEM subjects?

From September, we're offering incentives of up to £6,000 for new teachers in some vital STEM and technical subjects. And as we put technical and academic education on an equal footing, for the first time, we're expanding this payment to teachers in FE. Find out more 👇

@MrScott_T Thank you!

Interested in teaching D&T then check out dandtfordandt.wordpress.com/2024/04/02/des…

If you are interested in an innovative approach to D&T at KS3 then look at dandtfordandt.wordpress.com/2024/02/29/nur… for a very interesting example

A wonderful and insightful discussion on how to design ethical products that consumers will want to buy and can afford to buy on the Bottom Line at bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… A must listen IMHO for D&T teachers and KS4/5 learners

Scientists grow 'meaty' rice hybrid food for protein kick at bbc.co.uk/news/health-68… Well worth a look IMHO if you teach food technology

@mrcharlwood I know but always best to ask as a matter of politeness!

@mrcharlwood Thanks Ed. With your permission I’ll post your tweet and the link to The men who made us spend on the blog.

I wholeheartedly concur Hilda! Design History is a powerful tool. This is some great related viewing: youtu.be/qBvsvt_xCLA?si…

Planned obsolescence is IMHO a useful and interesting idea to be taught in D&T Check out dandtfordandt.wordpress.com/2024/01/12/pla…

@HarryBrighouse1 I met Tim when he visited Stantonbury Campus in Milton Keynes and many years later when he gave me advice on taking the Young Foresight Project forward. On both occasions he was inspirational. I am so sorry for your loss.

This is formal but here goes. The family of Sir Tim Brighouse are very sad to announce that Tim died in the John Radcliffe Hospital today after a short illness. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather and a towering figure in the word of education. 1/

I won't be applying for some amazing opportunities being advertised but I will share what I would've written in an application....🧵 I would focus 'everything' in a school on learning and keep it as the core language for everything that happens.

#Facts #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Trans 2/2

@Dave_empath @TsuiAllen @GeographyLead @Locati0ns @ogdentrust I remember in the 1980’s using layers of thick card shaped as contours piled one upon each other as a former for vacuum forming 3D maps as a cross curricular activity between D&T and geography. Times have changed but not the ideas we have to teach!

@TsuiAllen @DavidBarlex @GeographyLead @Locati0ns @ogdentrust It looks great and techy too, but I sometimes wonder if we aren't pushing the boat out too fast and distracting and detracting from the core basics. Almost running before one can walk. Solid foundations?

Thank you @DavidBarlex for RP this from @GeographyLead originally shared by @Locati0ns I saw one of these some years ago and would absolutely ♥️ one of these for the schools I work for. What do you say @ogdentrust somehow connect this to #PrimaryPhysics ?

@TsuiAllen Hi Allen. Good to hear from you. PM me for a chat, a lot has happened since we were last in touch.

Hello again @DavidBarlex Have started tucking into "Teaching STEM in the Secondary School: Helping Teachers Meet the Challenge" and realise that my recent realisation about Secondary subject specialists expected to be more generalists like Primary teachers is clearly not new...

How cool is this? I definitely wouldn't get any work done if I had this in our school

@viv_ellis @BloomsburyAcEd @BERANews IMHO this is an important book that should be read by any teacher involved in initial teacher training as well as colleagues in HEI.