Over 40 secondary teachers from Victorian government schools are enrolled in the part-time course over two years, 2024-2-25. The teachers are completing their second and final year of the course and, once completed, will be qualified as in-field Design and Technologies teachers.
This course develops professional knowledge, skills and dispositions of teachers practising out-of-field in Design and Technologies and develops their capacity for leadership in Design and Technologies in secondary schools. The Technologies and Society and Creating Design Solutions strands of the Victorian Curriculum: Design and Technologies are taught across all four units, with an emphasis on the four Technologies Contexts in the central two units. Teachers will develop a more sophisticated understanding of the design process and systems thinking and its economic, environmental, ethical, legal, and aesthetic role in our society both locally and globally, allowing them to integrate a range of materials and technologies into their teaching practice. It draws on research-informed practice in Design and Technologies pedagogies, curriculum, assessment, and inclusion and ethics. Graduates of this degree will be supported to develop strong regional professional networks in their own schools and the Victorian educational sector.