[Design and Technology] Units 1 & 2 PD&T

[Lisa Walsh]

Dear Robin,

I would not anticipate that your ideas fulfil the requirements. My
understanding is that Unit 1 has a focus on REdesign and on sustainability
and requires students to work individually on recreating an improved
protoype of a particular product. Unit 2 is quite different and requires
teams rather than pairs. The focus is very much on team work, on the
influence of specific design periods, and human wants/needs design factor.
Unit 2 is a challenging unit to run for 16 to 17 year olds but mirrors the
spirit of design in industry. Unit 1 too is relevant to design practice in
industry also, but both are markedly different.

Regards,

*Lisa Walsh*
Design & Technology
Avila College




On 28 January 2016 at 14:39, Mclennan, Robin K <
mclennan.robin.k at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

> First time teaching Units 1 & 2 but I am working with another teacher with
> several years experience taking Units 1 & 2
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> Is it acceptable and does it fit in with the Study design for students to
> work in pairs for both Units 1 & 2 producing a single product by the end of
> Unit 1 and then again working in the same pairs to produce the additional
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> ‘duplicate’ product in Unit 2. Over the year they will only develop 1
> folio  and one product per student.
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> My understanding is they work on an individual product and create this
> along with the folio by the end of Unit 1 and then in unit 2 work
> collaboratively to develop another product.
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> Rob Mclennan
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