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Back to SearchDesigning For SEMH: Teaching D&T With Care
Episode 214
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A noisy workshop can feel like a storm, but what if the path to learning starts with rhythm, not rush? We sit down with D&T teacher Ailis Brown from a specialist SEMH school in Leed…
Published on 4 hours ago
"You're going to let me use THAT?" - Empowering special needs students in D&T
Episode 213
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Nicola Brown shares her experience teaching design and technology at Springwell Leeds North, an SEMH school catering to students aged 7-16 with social, emotional, and mental health …
Published on 1 week ago
Beyond Empathy: What the V&A's Design and Disability Exhibition Taught Me
Episode 212
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A museum floor changed underfoot and so did my thinking. After a visit to the V&A’s Design and Disability exhibition, I came home energised and unsettled—in the best way—and unpack …
Published on 1 week, 5 days ago
Bridging Art & Design and D&T: Values, Overlaps, and Why Differences Matter
Episode 210
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Ever been told art and design and technology are basically the same because they share the word “design”? Let’s test that claim with real data and grounded classroom experience. In …
Published on 1 month ago
Your Voice, Your Subject: Three Ways to Shape D&T's Future
Episode 209
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In this episode, I'm excited to share three brilliant opportunities for you to get involved in research that's shaping the future of design and technology education. First, I'll tel…
Published on 2 months ago
What Gets You Out of Bed to Teach Design & Technology?
Episode 207
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Reconnecting with purpose is essential when facing professional challenges. In this reflective episode, I share my experience of an unsuccessful professorial application and how it…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
[Archive] Talking Design Studio Pedagogy with Alice Hellard and Derek Jones
Episode 206
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Studio Properties: A field guide to design education (edited by Derek Jones , Elizabeth Boling, James Benedict Brown , James Corazzo, Colin M. Gray, Nicole Lo…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
[Archive] Subject Integrity: When Art Meets Design & Technology
Episode 205
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Michelle Gregson, General Secretary and Chief Executive of NSEAD, discusses the relationship between art and design and design and technology education, exploring their distinctiven…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
[Archive] Shaping the Future: The Evolution and Advocacy of Design and Technology Education with Tony Ryan
Episode 203
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Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
[Archive] Talking about design education in schools and higher ed with Max Pownall
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Max Pownall is a product design lecturer at Nottingham Trent University.
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Published on 3 months ago