Design & Technology
Design Technology enables students to become skilful problem solvers, stimulating ingenuity and encouraging them to combine intellectual talents and practical skills.
Design Technology provides a balance between three key areas:
- systems
- information
- materials
Students are encouraged to display ingenuity and creativity in devising practical solutions to given tasks. Students use the design cycle to:
- investigate
- design
- plan
- create
- evaluate
To enable students to face these challenges successfully, they will be taught a broad range of skills that range from traditional ‘hands on’ practices through to the latest computer aided design and manufacture techniques that are currently available to schools.
The Design Technology curriculum is based on the MYP key concepts of holistic learning, intercultural awareness and communication. Varied learning experiences will provide the students with opportunities to reflect upon how technology has been shaped by other areas of knowledge; how technology affects our everyday lives; the role that technology will play in all our futures; and our responsibilities as consumers and producers of technology.
Contact
Ian Johnson
Head of Design & Technology
