EMT303 Design & Technology Project (8)

Abstract

This subject builds on prior learning in the practice of design and use of technologies, tools, materials and equipment, as students demonstrate skills of designing and managing a coherent design project. Students will: understand the relationships between design, technology, creativity, innovation and enterprise; apply design concepts, criteria and considerations to technology processes and production skills; and implement ways of communicating, evaluating, assessing, reporting on and presenting a designed product, system, service or environment. The subject also enables students to consider emerging technologies and preferred futures.

+ Subject Availability Modes and Location

This is a new subject to be introduced in 2015. The subject is not available for enrolment in 2014.

Subject information

Duration	Grading System	School:
One session	HD/FL	School of Education

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

explain the relationship between design, technology, creativity, innovation, and enterprise;
apply design concepts, criteria and considerations to design ideas;
make judgements about appropriateness of planning and management decisions;
produce a coherent product or system or environment;
demonstrate a range of strategies to communicate, assess, evaluate, report on and present designed solutions;
demonstrate clear and accurate writing and professional written and other communication skills including: effective research skills; use of appropriate educational terminology, and the ability to use referencing and citation conventions.

Syllabus

The subject will cover the following topics:

Understanding the relationship between design and technology in technology education
Making decisions in design and technology� experiential approaches
Deriving models for critiquing, exploring and investigating aspects of design
Reading a design and technology curriculum for project-based learning
Identifying, generating, articulating and establishing criteria and evaluating design ideas
Establishing and achieving outcomes with efficient planning and management
Testing, selecting, developing and using resources and materials to manage production processes
Implementing production of a coherent product, service, system or environment
Communicating visually, verbally, graphically, digitally [written/audio], by representation, modelling a prototype, collaborative approaches, presenting a portfolio, and marketing
Evaluating local and global domestic, community, industrial, business and government projects, including emerging approaches to design and technology
Developing project-based design and technology curriculum materials: integration, sequence, variety and relevance
Linking designed solutions and outcomes, evaluation and assessment strategies

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