Whether you are undertaking initial teacher education or postgraduate studies, as a practising teacher, reading D&T research and scholarship on curriculum, pedagogy and assessment is an essential element of your professional development. We strongly recommend Hardy (2021) for anyone training to teach D&T and Lawson & Wood-Griffiths (2019) - in bold below - for anyone involved with mentoring student teachers in schools. Here are our recommended readings. Use the in-page menu on the right to jump the to section you are interested in.

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Books

 

Banks, F. & Barlex, D. (2021). Teaching STEM in the Secondary School: Helping Teachers Meet the Challenge. Routledge. ISBN 9780367330460

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Barlex, D. (2007). Design and technology for the next generation. Cliffeco Communications. [out of print] download chapters for free

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Beaumont, H. & Steeg, T. (2024). Design and Technology in your School: Principles for Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment. Routledge. ISBN 9780367441593

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de Vries, M.J. (Ed.) (2018). Handbook of Technology Education. Springer International Publishing. eISBN: 978-3-319-44687-5. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-44687-5

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Hardy,  A. (Ed.) (2023). Debates in design and technology education (2nd Edition). Routledge. ISBN 9780367763732.

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Hardy,  A. (Ed.) (2021). Learning to teach design and technology in the secondary school: a companion to school experience (4th Edition). Routledge. ISBN 9780367336813. DOI: 10.4324/9780429321191

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Owen-Jackson, G. (Ed.) (2013). Debates in design and technology education. Routledge. ISBN 9780415689052. DOI: 10.4324/9780203519493

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Lawson, S. & Wood-Griffiths, S. (Eds) (2019). Mentoring beginning design and technology teachers: a practical guide. Routledge. ISBN: 9781351011976. DOI: 10.4324/9781351011976

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Gill, D., Irving-Bell, D., McLain, M. & Wooff, D. (Eds) (2023). Bloomsbury Handbook of Technology Education. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781350238411 (Hardback) / 9781350242821 (Paperback). DOI: 10.5040/9781350238442

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Rutland, M. & Turner, A. (Eds.). Food Education and Food Technology in School Curricula: International Perspectives. Springer Nature Switzerland. eISBN: 978-3-030-39339-7. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-39339-7

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Williams, P.J., & Barlex, D. (Eds.) (2020). Pedagogy for Technology Education in Secondary Schools: Research Informed Perspectives for Classroom Teachers. Springer Nature Switzerland. eISBN: 978-3-030-41548-8. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-41548-8

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Williams, P.J. & Stables, K. (Eds) (2017). Critique in Design and Technology Education. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-3106-9

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ITE Training Resources

 

Hardy, A. & McLain, M. (eds) (2021). Companion Resources for Learning to Teach Design and Technology in the Secondary School (4th Edition). Available at https://zenodo.org/communities/ltdt4/?page=1&size=20

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McLain, M. (2022). Subject Pedagogy in Design and Technology for Secondary Initial Teacher Education. National Teaching Repository. Collection. https://doi.org/10.25416/NTR.c.5882471.v1

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Podcasts

 

ardy, A. (ed). Talking D&T [podcast]. Available at https://dralisonhardy.com/podcast/

 

Ryan, T. (ed). Designed for Life [podcast]. Available at https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/designed-for-life/id1528885120

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Policy Documents

 

DfE (2015). Design and Technology GCE AS and A Level Subject Content [policy document]. Retrieved from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gce-as-and-a-level-design-and-technology

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DfE (2015). Design and Technology GCSE Subject Content [policy document]. Retrieved from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-design-and-technology

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DfE (2013). National curriculum in England: design and technology programmes of study [policy document]. Available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-design-and-technology-programmes-of-study

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Conference Proceedings

 

PATT Conference Series Archive

 

International Design and Technology Educational Research (1989-2011)

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Peer-reviewed Journals

 

Australasian Journal of Technology Education

 

Design and Technology Education: An International Journal

 

International Journal of Technology and Design Education

 

International Journal of STEM Education

 

Journal of Technology Education

 

Techne Series: Research in Sloyd Education and Craft Science

 

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Archived Journals

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Journal of the National Association for Design Education

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Legacy Papers

 

Baynes, K. (1992). Children designing: progression and development in Design and Technology at Key Stages 1 and 2. Orange Series: Learning Design (Occasional Paper No. 1). Retrieved from https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/Children_designing_progression_and_development_in_Design_and_Technology_at_Key_Stages_1_and_2/9350129. [accessed 23/01/2025]

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Baynes, K. (1996). How children choose: children’s encounters with design. Orange Series: Learning design (Occasional Paper No. 2). Retrieved from https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/preprint/How_children_choose_children_s_encounters_with_design/9350135 [accessed 23/01/2025]

 

Baynes, K. (1994). Designerly Play. Orange Series: Design (Occasional Paper No. 2). Retrieved from https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/Designerly_play/9350165 [accessed 23/01/2025]

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Layton, D. (1992). Values and design and technology. Design Curriculum Matters: Orange Series (Occasional Paper No. 2). Retrieved from https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/preprint/Values_and_design_and_technology/9350159 [accessed 23/01/2025]