1. Technology at MBAS
Fabric Technology
Home Economics
Digital Technology
Hard Materials Technology
Graphics and Design
2. Technology is about people designing and making
things for people.
What is Technology About?
3. What is my child being taught in
Technology?
Technology teaches the knowledge
and skills to be confident in using a
variety of ways to address needs and
opportunities and to solve practical
problems.
It focuses on know-how as well as
knowledge itself, gathering
information from diverse sources.
4. Is my child getting the right skills and
knowledge needed for future study
and employment?
Technology education equips your child with an
enterprising and innovative attitude, and skills
and knowledge foundational in a range of careers
and tertiary study options.
It is recognised as a useful pre-requisite for a
variety of tertiary studies and careers such as
engineering, design, architecture, food science,
biotechnology and ICT
5. How is the learning area structured?
Three strands:
•Technological Practice,
•Technological Knowledge, and
•Nature of Technology.
6. Technological Practice
Students examine current practice and
undertake their own, developing a range
of outcomes, including concepts, plans,
briefs, technological models and products
or systems.
1. Planning for practice
2. Brief development
3. Outcome development and evaluation
7. Technological Knowledge
Students gain knowledge particular to
technological enterprises and
environments and find out why and how
things work.
4. Technological modelling
5. Technological products
6. Technological systems
8. Nature of Technology
Students develop an understanding of
Technology as a discipline and how it
differs from others.
7. Characteristics of technology
8. Characteristics of technological
outcomes
9. How we cover all of the eight
curriculum components:
In 2010, each of the technology disciplines at MBAS has
selected one component to focus on.
▫ Wood Tech – Planning for practice
▫ Metal tech – Brief development
▫ Computing - Outcome development and evaluation
▫ Graphics – Technological process
▫ Home economics– Characteristics of technological Outcom
▫ Fabric tech - Outcome development and evaluation
10. Wood Technology
(Planning for Practice)
In year 7-10, focusing on ‘Planning for Practice’
at the relevant levels of the curriculum.
Examples of this are :
•Year 7 - perpetual calendar
•Year 8 – planter boxes
•Year 9 – storage unit
•Year 10 – fibreglass yacht
•Year 11 – 13 – industry unit standards
11. Metal Technology
(Brief Development)
In year 7-10, focusing on ‘Brief Development’ at the relevant
levels of the curriculum.
Examples of this are :
• Year 7 –
• Year 8 –
• Year 9 –
• Year 10 –
• Year 11-13 – industry based unit standards
12. In year 7-10, focusing on ‘Outcome
development and Evaluation’ at the
relevant levels of the curriculum.
Examples of this are :
• Year 7 – Movie Making
• Year 8 – Movie Making
• Year 9 – Scratch Game-making
• Year 10 – Web Design
• Year 11-13 – NCEA unit and
Achievement standards
Digital Technology
13. Home Economics
Program Examples:
• Year 9 – Developing a new product
• Year 10 – Burger development
In year 9, focusing on
‘Characteristics of
Technological outcomes’.
14. Fabric Technology
In year 9, focusing on Outcome
Development and Evaluation.
Our Program:
• Year 7 – Appliqué design on an
apron
• Year 8 – Sports bag with logo
• Year 9 –Souvenir and supporters
item, tie dyeing
15. Graphics Technology
In year 7-10, focusing on ‘Technological
process’ at the relevant levels of the curriculum.
Examples of this are :
• Year 9 – Media design
• Year 10-13 – Architectural or environmental
design, media or technical illustration design
and engineering or technological design
16. • This year we focused on level three components
across the school, and in 2011 we will expand the
focus to include levels four and five.
