Secondary
Design and technology
Through the work of the HIAS Design and Technology Team, teachers are
helped to provide students with the means to be creative and practical
designers and makers. Working in design and technology (D&T) students
are able to develop a set of practical, organisational and technological skills
which support the development of personal resilience and independence,
and enables them to achieve personal, creative fulfilment. D&T provides a
context within which students can extend and deepen their learning of
science and mathematics. They learn to identify opportunities and solve
practical problems through which they can intervene to improve the quality of
life. For all students, D&T is the means through which they will develop the
confidence and wherewithal to face up to the practical challenges in life. For
some it is the pathway through which they will develop their interests in the
technological and vocational world and in which they, and the country, will
earn their living.
Aims and priorities
School-based
consultancy,
support and
training for
secondary and
special schools
and education
centres
To increase the standards of achievement and quality of experiences of
students by:

improving the personal confidence and capabilities of teachers in all key
stages

promoting approaches to planning, teaching and learning of D&T based
on clearly identified learning progressions and coherent creative
learning experiences

encouraging teachers to develop an appropriately broad range of
teaching and learning strategies to enable all students to fulfil their
potential

promoting and encouraging the use of information and communications
technology (ICT) within D&T to enable students to explore
computer-aided designing, making and control technology activities

promoting safe and effective use of practical equipment and materials
by all teachers and other adults involved in working with children and
young people.
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Management reviews and support for strategic development of design
and technology provision in schools and departments.
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Support for specific school improvement activities, including:
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curriculum reviews
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lesson observation, feedback and action planning
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training in specific aspects of D&T
–
effective use of student progress and achievement data
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GCSE and KS4 course management.
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County courses
available this year
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Support for new and recently qualified teachers, and teachers
undertaking Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP) training.
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Accredited and certificated health and safety training for all D&T
teachers, technicians and learning support staff.
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Advice and guidance for all matters relating to the refurbishment or
development of specialist D&T accommodation.
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Specialist advice and support relating to all health and safety matters
associated with the teaching and learning in D&T.
The courses below can be booked online at:
htlc.hants.gov.uk
or
Tel: 01962 718600.
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Secondary design and technology late afternoon conferences
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NQT induction training
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Safe use of woodwork machines
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Safe use of portable power tools
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The D&T Team has successfully worked with many schools and local
authorities in the south of England and the Channel Islands, as well as
Hampshire. Previous work with Hampshire secondary schools has
consistently resulted in an average improvement for all students of at
least one GCSE grade across the period of support and development.
In some cases the improvement has been considerably more.

Students’ work in schools that have worked with the HIAS D&T Team
regularly feature in national educational publications as examples of
good practice.

D&T curriculum support and school improvement materials produced by
the D&T Team feature on national websites as examples of good
practice.
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The County Inspector/Adviser for Design and Technology is:
Secondary D&T
recognition and
successes
2
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a Past President of the National Association for Advisers and
Inspectors in Design and Technology and consultant member of the
Design and Technology Association
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a senior moderator for the Design Mark – the curriculum award
sponsored by the Design Council and the Design and Technology
Association
–
a Registered D&T health and safety consultant.
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Contact
Bernard Cooper
County Inspector/Adviser for Design and Technology
Tel:
023 8081 6130
E-mail:
[email protected]
Website: www.hants.gov.uk/education/hias/designandtechnology
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