Technology in the National Curriculum 1990
Written the year after the introduction of the National Curriculum, this report from the Department of Education and Science specifies the Attainment Targets expected of students at all stages of compulsory education in technology. Programmes of Study are described, along with examples of work that students could be set, for Key…
National Curriculum: From Policy to Practice
This booklet was written to provide a guide to the National Curriculum for students in compulsory education, those aged five to sixteen. Published in 1989, it examines the legal requirements of the curriculum in the light of the Education Reform Act (ERA) of 1988. Chapters aim: • to show how the ERA requirements relate…
Review of Vocational Education - the Wolf Report
This report, by Dr Alison Wolf and published in March 2011, was commissioned to investigate the state of vocational education for young people aged 14 to 19. It was found that many courses offered very little value, offering no route to further education or prospects for meaningful employment. Many prospective students cannot…
Technical Drawing Courses in Secondary Schools: an HMI Discussion Paper
This paper gives an account of a survey, carried out by HM Inspectors in 1980-81, looking at technical drawing and other drawing office based courses in secondary schools. They also visited 11 industrial companies and 15 institutions of further and higher education to discuss their expectations of students in terms of technical drawing…
National Assessment: The APU Science Approach
In this publication, the Assessment of Performance Unit (APU) set out how it was to approach the assessment of science teaching and learning in schools. The APU was set up to promote the development of method of assessing and monitoring the achievement of children at school, and to seek to identify the incidence of under-achievement.…
APU Science Report for Teachers 4: Science in Schools, Age 13
The APU report number 4 for teachers presents, in concise form, some of the data and findings of the APU surveys of students aged 13. It includes an outline of the assessment framework, some of the questions which were written to match it, a description of how well, and how differently, students responded to them and suggestions…
Maths and Science Education: the Supply of High Achievers at A Level
This paper, from the Department of Education (DfE), presented a comprehensive set of statistical analyses building up a picture of the production function for the supply of young people in England with good A levels in mathematics and science. In this way, the questions addressed are focused towards high attainers in these subjects,…
A World-class Mathematics Education for All our Young People
This report was the result of a request to Carol Vorderman from David Cameron and Michael Gove for advice on mathematics education at the time the Conservative Party was in opposition. A small voluntary task force was formed and worked with organisations and individuals (including students and parents) in the course of the completion…
Subject Progression from GCSE to AS Level and Continuation to A Level
This report, by the Department for Education, provides an analysis of the proportion of students taking GCSE and progressing to AS Level in the same subject (that is, progression rates), focussing on English Baccalaureate subject areas. The report then follows the same cohort through from AS to full A level achievement. Data…
Second Report of the Independent Review of Teachers' Standards
This report sets out the recommendations of an independent Review of Teachers’ Standards, chaired by Sally Coates. The review was launched by the Secretary of State in March 2011 with a remit to review the existing framework of professional standards for teachers. The Review Group comprises excellent teachers, head teachers…
Scientific Enquiry and its Place in the National Curriculum
This is a report of a SCORE workshop held in September 2011 at the Royal Society to explore the place of scientific enquiry in the national curriculum. The report summarises the main issues raised and describes the views of the participants. The workshop was chaired by Libby Steele, Head of Education at the Royal Society. The group…
Aspects of Primary Education: the Teaching and Learning of Science
Published in 1989 by Her Majesty's Inspectorate (HMI), this report looks at the changes in science teaching from the mid-seventies to the late-eighties and discusses how further improvements could be achieved. It is based on observations made by HMI during the inspection of 300 primary schools in England, and from evidence about…
Assessing Your Needs in Science
Published by the Teacher Training Agency, these assessment materials provide an opportunity for schools and individual teachers to identify areas of subject knowledge which need further training and development. Developed by teams including teachers, inspection and advisory staff and higher education tutors, they are aimed primarily…
Technology and School Science: an HMI Enquiry
This enquiry into technology and school science was conducted by HMI. The report was published in 1985. The enquiry was concerned not only with the specific technology courses offered by science departments but also sought to obtain details of any attempts being made to develop technology across the curriculum, within the general…
Design and Technology: the National Curriculum - Key Stages 1-4 (1999)
The 1999 edition of the Design and Technology National Curriculum included set out clearly the programmes of study and attainment targets for Key Stages One to Four. It sets out the importance of design and technology education to students' performance across the curriculum in promoting social, moral and cultural development…
Add-ons
Add-ons are part of the T5 (‘Targeting level 5’) pack. There are twelve Add-ons, each covering one of the major areas of mathematics drawn from the level 4–6 Key Stage Three National Curriculum test papers, with a particular emphasis on those areas crucial for achieving level 5. Each Add-on includes four to seven…
Early Entry to GCSE Examinations
This paper, from the Department of Education, presents statistical information on the difference in final grades between those students who are entered early for GCSE examinations and those who are not. The potential impacts associated with early entry are highlighted for consideration, by those responsible for the decision, on whether…
Report by HM Inspectors on British School Technology 1986
This report by HM Inspectors begins by outlining the history of the British School Technology (BST), its terms of reference and the extent of the operation in terms of the numbers of teachers trained. Details are given of inspections carried out and a more detailed description of the work carried out by BST at Trent Polytechnic including…
Design and Technological Activity: a Framework for Assessment
This report, from the Assessment of Performance Unit (APU), follows a series of other reports establishing the nature of design and technology. This report was again concerned initially to clarify the parameters of design and technological activity and the features of performance that are crucial. Subsequently, the work of the team…
Dinner Granny
This Teachers TV video highlights an innovative programme that combines healthy school meals and environmental awareness education in a Gloucestershire special needs school. When cook Pat Kendall started working at New Siblands School, she was delighted to learn the administration wanted her to serve organic food. The school…
Project Crunch
In this programme from Teachers TV, students at Thomas Alleyne's High School are set an enterprise project to launch a healthier brand of crisps, with the help of local manufacturer Glennans. Glennans approached the school with an idea for a joint project to celebrate the company's 21st anniversary. Over six months,…
7 Day Pupil Food Diaries
This Teachers TV video follows two students, Megan and Ryan, as they keep a food diary for one week, and try and eat five pieces of fruit and vegetable every day, in response to the challenge they have been set. We see the results of their endeavours as Joanna Postlethwaite, Head of Food Technology at John Cabot Community Technology…
24 Hour Pupil Food Diaries
In this Teachers TV programme Joanna Postlethwaite, Head of Food Technology at John Cabot Community Technology College, sets Year Seven students the task of recording their eating habits for 24 hours. Megan and Ryan keep a video diary for the day, recording what they both eat at school and at home, producing some interesting results.…
Alderman Knight School
This teachers TV programme features Alderman Knight School in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. The school has embraced the National Healthy Schools Programme with a passion and students are encouraged to think about food, how to grow it, cook it and buy it. The school has introduced many schemes to create a healthier learning environment,…
John Hanson Community School
This Teachers TV programme features John Hanson Community School in Hampshire, which used a move to a new building in 2002 to transform into a more healthy school. Headteacher Steve Evatt explains that the old 1930's school site had "long passed it's sell by date", and that the new hi-tech building has enabled…
Healthy School Food
In this video from Teachers TV, Mike Baker and Sheena McDonald discuss the government's initiatives to encourage healthy eating in schools. They look at new nutritional standards for school meals as well as the introduction of compulsory food technology in schools where facilities are available. Shadow schools minister Nick…
Tackling Obesity
With childhood obesity rising, this programme from Teachers TV looks at how schools can tackle the issues surrounding the problem. Addressing whether schools should help to identify children at risk of obesity, the programme looks at the results of a new law in Arkansas, which allows the state's schools to directly contact…
Licence to Cook Case Studies: Cooking
These case studies from Licence to Cook provide examples of activities and worksheets developed by lead practitioners to support the teaching and learning of basic cooking skills in the classroom. Making a snack is a homework activity which asks students to analyse and review a snack they have made, explaining the purpose of the…
Licence to Cook Case Studies: Health and Safety
These case studies from Licence to Cook provide examples of activities and worksheets developed by lead practitioners to support the teaching of health and safety in food technology. Safety and equipment is an example of a short worksheet for Year Seven students covering how to use a cooker safely Hygiene and safety is an activity…
Licence to Cook Case Studies: Product Evaluation
These case studies from Licence to Cook provide examples of activities and worksheets developed by lead practitioners to support the teaching of product evaluation in food technology. Word bank for evaluations sheets gives a table of sensory terms which can be used to help students select and use words when writing evaluations…
Teach Food Technology: Mentor Guide
This guide was intended for use by mentors who are supporting teachers being trained as part of the Teach Food Technology programme. The guide prepares them to work with their nominated mentee and plan a mentoring day. The contents of the guide may also be useful for all those involved in mentoring a new food technology teacher.…
Food Technology in the Curriculum
The Food Technology in the Curriculum course was part of the Teach Food Technology national training programme. The one day course was supported by the Licence to Cook programme and case studies by lead practitioners. The training materials focus on the nature of food technology within design and technology and how it can contribute…
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