Issues in Design and Technology Teaching identifies and examines the important concerns in this subject, seeking to challenge preconceptions and stimulate debate about this relative newcomer to the National Curriculum. Key areas addressed are:

• Issues of Definition: getting to the roots of the concept of design and its educational value
• Issues in the Classroom: the role and implementation of new technologies, and issues involved in planning and assessment
• Issues in the School Context: gender as a concern in Design and Technology, with an examination...