DYSON EDUCATION NEW RESOURCE
(Pan Panayiotou - Gatsby Teacher Fellowship 2006)
These WebPages have been created as part of the work undertaken by Pan Panayiotou - Gatsby Teacher Fellowship 2006. The objective of his project was to produce an interactive CD/DVD guide for KS4/KS5 pupils and teachers, when involved in Design Project work. The idea behind the CD/DVD was to produce a piece of software that uses Designers and Manufacturers to lead students through the design process. By using designers commenting on how they tackle each problem associated with their work, it shows that the Design Process students go through, is exactly the same as that in industry.







DESIGN RULES - OR DOES IT ? (John Lee & Rowan Todd)
John Lee & Rowan Todd from the Centre for Design and Technology Education, Sheffield Hallam University launch this first instalment looking at how we teach designing.



CHOOSING IT’S WHAT DESIGNING IS ALL ABOUT (David Barlex)
Designing is different from inventing. Once a completely new product has been conceived i.e. invented there are endless possible designs.



DESIGN DECISIONS – THE KEY TO SUCCESS IN DMA’S (David Barlex)
Dr. David Barlex expands on his article from the last issue
exploring ways we can plan-in design decisions for pupils.



THE PIES APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING NEEDS (David Barlex)
A fundamental requirement for anyone wishing to design any
sort of product or service is an understanding of the needs of
those who will use that product or service. You can teach pupils
about needs by introducing them to the acronym PIES.



ATTRIBUTE ANALYSIS A POWERFUL TEACHING TOOL (David Barlex)
One way to get a really good idea is to have lots of ideas and throw away the bad ones. Attribute analysis is a technique that enables all your pupils to have lots of design ideas and develop those that show most promise. It can also give them insight into the way a single product can give rise to a range of products.