WOOD TECHNOLOGY

TECHNOLOGY STUDIES

DESIGN & TECHNOLOGIES ELECTIVE SUBJECT – ONE SEMESTER

Learning Focus

The study of Design and Technologies prepares students to navigate the increasingly complex and technological world in front of them.

This project-based learning curriculum offers students a broad range of educational experiences, readily transferable to home, life, leisure activities, the wider community, and to work.

In class, students plan and manage projects from conception to realisation. This involves applying design thinking to investigate ideas, generating and refining ideas, plan and manage, produce and evaluate designed solutions.

Students are provided with practical opportunities to be users, designers and producers of new technologies.

Previous students have developed a sense of pride, satisfaction and enjoyment from their ability to create innovative designed solutions.

Victorian Curriculum Strands:

Creating Designed Solutions is organised by five sub-strands:

Investigating – students critique, explore and investigate needs and opportunities

Generating – students develop and communicate ideas, make choices, weigh up options, and consider alternatives.

Producing – students apply a variety of skills and techniques to make designed solutions to meet specific purposes and user needs. Students learn about the importance of adopting safe work practices. They develop accurate production skills to achieve quality designed solutions.

Evaluating – students evaluate and make judgments throughout a design process, about the quality and effectiveness of their designed solutions.

Planning and managing – Working individually and collaboratively, students learn to plan and manage time, along with other resources, to effectively create designed solutions.

Assessment:

● Production - Students produce a product from plans ● Collaborative Design & Engineering - Students work in teams and use engineering principles to build a model bridge to hold as much weight as possible. ● Design Task - Students choose a design problem, use creative and critical thinking techniques to find solutions, then create the solution