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Design and Technology Research Programme - Subject challenges and diminishing textiles

Mon Jan 23 12:55:55 UTC 2023

In May 2022, we provided the first in a series of research updates that focus on the qualitative data behind the trends seen in the EPI report, which in January 2022, clarified in numbers the national decline of Design and Technology in UK schools. Recent podcasts by those in the education sector have speculated around the challenges and future of the subject, and our research continues to unpick these issues.

In this January update, we begin to add value to the conversation around national decline in Design and Technology through two clear insights.

In September we ran a series of focus groups with D&T teachers, to ask them about the subject in the context of their school. We spoke separately with groups predominately made up of independent schools, and groups of schools who were predominantly from the state sector. Here are some of the insights we can draw from this work, to share with the D&T community.

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