Dr. Gill Hope is a Senior Lecturer in the Primary Education Department of Canterbury Christ Church University, where she is Course Leader for Design and Technology

• IntroductionDesigned technology and educationRequirements of the National Curriculum for design and technologyFramework for teaching and learning design and technologyProgression in design and technology learningPlanning to teach design and technologyAssessment, evaluation and celebration in design and technologySubject content for practical activity in design and technologyCrossing curricular boundariesDesign and technology for global citizens of the futureAppendix A: Achieving the standards for classroom teachersAppendix B: Web-links and online resourcesAppendix C: Sample scheme of work, Year 1Appendix D: Lesson plan, Year 1Appendix E: Sample scheme of work, Year 5/6Appendix F: Lesson plan, Year 5/6Index

"The mixture of tasks, intellectual and physical, is very good, since it recognises the diversity of learning within technology education" (Lecturer, University of Aberdeen)