Design and Technology - Design and Make

The aims for this module are set into the context of the QAA Framework for Higher Education Qualifications and they relate to the SEEC level descriptors for level 5 study.

In this module students will develop their design skills to facilitate the development of an appropriate product. Students will recognise key characteristics of a design process and its relationship to the realisation of the product.

In relation to the QAA Framework for Higher Education Qualifications; the SEEC level descriptors for level 5 study; and the Training and Development Agency’s Professional Standards for Classroom Teachers (TDA, 2007), by the end of the module students should be able to:

1. use a design process in the development of a product;
2. realise a suitable outcome demonstrating safe practice;
3. apply appropriate evaluation techniques.

Designing using a range of drawing and modelling techniques in the development of a response to a given brief. Safe working practice and manufacturing techniques in realising a product.

Contact time will be a mixture of practical and critical workshops and tutorials - both tutor led and tutor supported 

Non-contact time will be used by the students to work on their design and make assignment.

This will depend upon the identified strengths and areas for development. However, the following electronic sources will certainly be used.

Books:

BS 4163:2007, Health and Safety for Design and Technology in Schools and similar establishments – Code of practice, London: BSi

HMSO  (1999)  Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 437: The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999, London: HMSO

Norman, E. et al  (2000)  Advanced Design & Technology 3^rd Ed,  Harlow: Longman

Neal, P., Lambert, B., and Halliwell, J.  (2005)  Material ConneXion: The Global resource of new and innovative materials for Architects, Artists and Designers, London: Thames and Hudson

Electronic Sources: (all accessed June 2011)

Design and Technology Association (DATA):www.data.org.uk

D&T Online - Interactive Design: www.dtonline.org

Plus:

‘Focus on…’ series of applications held on School of Education intranet

Series of mini-tasks held in the D&T area of StudentCentral

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