Managing Change in Design Technology

Teachers Questionnaire

The purose of this questionnaire is to gather primary data to help provide an insight into the teaching of Design Technology within secondary schools.

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Question 1

Please select how many pupils attend your school across Keystage 3 and 4 from the list below.

0 - 500 501-1000 1001-1500 1501-2000 2000+

Does your school have any additional status? Please select from the list or type into the box provided.

Technology Status
Language College
Beacon School
Leading Edge
Arts College
Mathematics Status
Engineering College
Sports Status

Question 2

How many teachers do you have working within your Design Technology department?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10+

Question 3

How many techicians do you have working within the Design Technology department?

None 1 2 3 4

Question 4

Which of the following GCSE options do you offer at Keystage 4? Please select from the list.

Electronic Products
Resistant Materials
Systems and Control
Food Technology
Graphic Products
Product Design
Engineering
Textiles

If you offer a subject which is not on the above list please type the name in the box below.

Question 5

At Keystage 3 does your department operate on a carousel method of delivering the Technology curriculum?

Yes No

If you answered 'No' to the above question then please give a short explaination of your KS3 teaching delivery.

Question 6

What subjects do you offer as part of the carousel rotation at Keystage 3?

Electronics
Resistant Materials / Workshop
CAD CAM
Systems and Control
Food Technology
Graphic Products
Product Design
Engineering
Textiles

 

If there are additional, alternative, or different subjects taught then please comment on below.

Question 7

Do the teachers within your Design Technology area share or also rotate around these subject each term / year?

Yes
No they teach their specialist subject only
Some teachers rotate (excluding textiles/food as an example)

Question 8

Has your Department implemented the National Strategy for Design Technology?

Yes No Ongoing

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Edge Hill College, 2005. MA Design Technology.

Neil Hodgson

Teacher of Electronics and Design Technology, Our Lady and St John Catholic Ars College, Blackburn, Lancashire.

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