Join presentation at a seminar hosted by the Edge Foundation, with D&T Stakeholders, to discuss the shape of D&T in 10 Year's Time. What will excellent teaching and learning in D&T look like in 2025?

1. In 10 years’ time…
A seminar for the Edge Foundation by
Alison Hardy, Nottingham Trent University, and
Matt McLain, Liverpool John Moores University.

2. Dystopian futures…
for design and technology
education in 2025
Utopian?

3. What if…
…there weren't
enough design and
technology teachers?

4. What if…
…design and
technology didn’t
exist on the
curriculum?

5. What if…
…design and
technology was the
foundation of a
sustainable education
system?

6. What if…
…design and
technology teachers
kept pace with
sociological and
technological
developments?

7. What if…
…the assessment of
process was more
important than
product?

8. What if…
…learners didn’t
always have make
something in design
and technology?

9. Possible scenarios…
…for excellent design and
technology teaching in
every school in 2025

10. Menders
Fab-Labers
Fixers &
Developers
Crafters &
Hackers
Available to some Available to all
EstablishedtechEmergingtech

11. ?

13. technology…
…society
problem solving
problem finding