Talking D&T

Send me a message. I'm joined by Georgia McLean and Claire Vickery to debate - does food fit in D&T? Episode transcript Mentioned in this episode Debates in D&T book Resources Georgia has kindly shared some resources about her Trust's D&T curriculum. These are share under the Creative Commons licence: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)...

Send me a message. I'm no expert on primary D&T at all, so I talked to someone who is. Janine Pavlis is a teacher educator at St Mary's University in London and we talk about how primary D&T teachers are training and some current research that Janine is just beginning. She'll be back to talk about this some more soon - I promise! Episode transcript You can find Janine and mo...

Send me a message. Scott Tweeddale shares how he is planning his secondary D&T curriculum at his school. Episode transcript You can find Scott on Twitter: @MrScott_T Support the show If you like the podcast, you can always buy me a coffee to say 'thanks!' Please offer your feedback about the show or ideas for future episodes and topics by connecting with me on Threads @hardy_alison o...

Send me a message. Andy Marston has been teaching for 36 years, 27 in one school. Listen to him reflect on the developments and changes in D&T Episode transcript Summary Who is Andy Marston and what does he do? 0:01 Does food fit into the design and technology curriculum? 3:07 How the Pearson's proposals imply that there will be less opportunity for children to realise their designs. 9:36...

Send me a message. This week I'm critiquing some published work to give an insight into how anyone can look at research to hold it to account. As teachers and school leaders are begin encouraged to be research informed I think we also need to be research literate, this involves being able to evaluate whether a piece of research is 'good'. In this episode I use four criteria to evalu...

Send me a message. I'm struggling to find blogs by D&T teachers who are sharing how they plan and teach D&T. In this episode I talk about why I want to read D&T teachers' blogs and why we need to hear about teachers' practice. If you want to start a blog I give some tips for how to get going. Episode transcript Mentioned in this episode David and Torben for D&T Resea...

Send me a message. I have a new book out and I'm offering you a chance to win a copy.  In other words, I'm shamelessly plugging it 😉 In all seriousness, I'm actually recommending it to read. There are 16 chapters written by different authors, so you get to hear lots of views about D&T. Episode transcript Mentioned in this episode Buy the book from Routledge Enter by 28th Februa...

Send me a message. Dr Matt McLain is back and this time talking about PATT40, one of the best spaces to share your D&T practice. Listen to Matt and me reminisce about previous PATT conferences and explain how you can get involved in 2023. Episode transcript Mentioned in this episode PATT40 website Preparing to share your research Support the show If you like the podcast, you can always buy me...

Send me a message. When is the right time to teach new knowledge in D&T? Maybe a better question is: is there a right time? In this episode I talk about just-in-time teaching of knowledge. Episode transcript Mentioned in this episode Design and technology in a knowledge economy  A framework for design decisions Hilda Beaumont (formerly David Barlex) Support the show If you like the podcast, yo...

Send me a message. When is the right time to teach pupils new knowledge in D&T? Well, I don't have an answer this week but I do have plenty of thoughts to share. There will be more in the next episode too! Episode transcript Debates in D&T Education Redesigning D&T survey Me on TikTok Newsletter Mentioned in this episode If you like the podcast, you can always buy me a coffee to s...

Send me a message. This is the third of 3 episodes launching the Redesigning D&T project. Listen to all 3 and fill in the survey: Do you agree with the contentious questions? You might find it helpful to download the discussion notes: Contentious questions Episode transcript Related episodes: TD&T18: How can design not be considered as central to engaging with the future? TD&T22 What d...

Send me a message. This is the second of 3 episodes launching the Redesigning D&T project. Listen to all 3 and fill in the survey: Do you agree with the contentious questions? You might find it helpful to download the discussion notes: Contentious questions Episode transcript Mentioned in this episode TD&T13: Talking design and/or technology 2.0 with David Spendlove Our book: Redesigning D...

Send me a message. This is the first of 3 episodes launching the Redesigning D&T project. Listen to all 3 and fill in the survey: Do you agree with the contentious questions? You might find it helpful to download the discussion notes: Contentious questions Episode transcript Mentioned in this episode Related episodes: TD&T18: How can design not be considered as central to engaging with the...

Send me a message. Drew Wicken is back, this time talking about a deep dive with Ofsted into his team's D&T curriculum. Episode transcript Mentioned in this episode STEM Enthuse Curriculum: keep it simple If you like the podcast, you can always buy me a coffee to say 'thanks!' Please offer your feedback about the show or ideas for future episodes and topics by connecting with me...

Send me a message. Recorded earlier this year, David and I reflect on the EPI report commissioned by the D&T Association and some of the wider issues that influenced D&T's status. Mentioned in this episode A spotlight on Design and Technology study in England If you want to read David's chapter in the forthcoming Debates in D&T book, sign up for my newsletter or pre-order on...

Send me a message. An update from me after a holiday and break from podcasting. Episode transcript Mentioned in this episode How (and why) should we build research capacity and engagement in Design and Technology education? Researching D&T podcast https://www.researchingdandt.co.uk (nothing to see yet 😀) PATT40 If you like the podcast, you can always buy me a coffee to say 'thanks!'...

Send me a message. Guest host Liam Anderson talks with award winning teacher, Trudi Barrow, about her leadership of a D&T network and career in D&T. Episode transcript Mentioned in this episode Link to Google Folder with the files Trudi talks about: Google Folder @TrudiBarrow @LiamTAnderson If you like the podcast, you can always buy me a coffee to say 'thanks!' Please offer your...

Send me a message. Mentioned in this episode New podcast: Researching D&T education PATT39 Episode transcript If you like the podcast, you can always buy me a coffee to say 'thanks!' Please offer your feedback about the show or ideas for future episodes and topics by connecting with me on Twitter @hardy_alison or by emailing me. If you listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, please...

Send me a message. After my episode about the EPI report (the state of D&T) I am delighted to be joined by Tony Ryan, chief exec of the Design and Technology Association. Listen to me ask him some awkward questions, his frank replies and honesty about how he feels about the report's findings, plus shares some news about what's next. (Update - we recorded this a few weeks ago and D&am...

Send me a message. Yet again I'm talking about a book I've edited! This time I'm inviting you to join the debates - which chapters do you want to hear more about? Take a look at the contents page and let me know. Episode transcript Mentioned in this episode Debates content page If you like the podcast, you can always buy me a coffee to say 'thanks!' Please offer your feedb...

Send me a message. Wow! This was an amazing conversation with Derek Jones from The Open University about design education and design studios - I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. We mooted the idea of recording a follow up with a live audience talking about design studios and design spaces - let me know if you're interested in this. Episode transcript Mentioned in this episode EdSIG: https:...

Send me a message. I made it and thank you for helping me reach this milestone. In this episode I reflect on the previous 99, share some news about what's coming up and explain my D&T focus for the next 12-18 months.  Episode transcript If you like the podcast, you can always buy me a coffee to say 'thanks!' Please offer your feedback about the show or ideas for future episodes...

Send me a message. My first episode in a while thanks to Max Pownall's 3 guest episodes. Episode transcript If you like the podcast, you can always buy me a coffee to say 'thanks!' Please offer your feedback about the show or ideas for future episodes and topics by connecting with me on Twitter @hardy_alison or by emailing me. If you listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, please t...

Send me a message. The final episode from Max Pownall (you can hear Alison and Max chatting in episode 76 ). This week Max talks with Suzie Hayes, a designer and lecturer from Nottingham Trent University. Episode transcript Where you can find Suzie: NTU page LinkedIn If you like the podcast, you can always buy me a coffee to say 'thanks!' Please offer your feedback about the show or idea...

Send me a message. Another episode with a different voice! This week Max Pownall (you can hear Alison and Max chatting in episode 76 ) talks with Hannah Manley, a design PhD from Nottingham Trent University. Episode transcript You can find Hannah: ResearchGate NTU page Design Council If you like the podcast, you can always buy me a coffee to say 'thanks!' Please offer your feedback about...