The nature of research into Design and Technology education

The focus of Design Curriculum Matters is the design curriculum, by which we mean not only the formal Design and Technology curriculum and its courses, but also the larger design dimension of pupils’ experience both in and beyond school. Furthermore, the Series takes the position that any education system’s formal design (or design and technology, or technology) curriculum including of course the National Curriculum version in England and Wales – is itself problematic and therefore a proper object for scrutiny.