Should anybody doubt the importance of design and technology, there is an excellent video on the Design and Technology Association’s website.
Featuring such luminaries as the chairman of JCB, the chief technical officer of Williams F1 Racing, and the inventor Sir James Dyson, it shows the importance of design and technology in giving young people the knowledge and skills vital in nurturing the innovators and entrepreneurs of the future.
Many of us would agree it is a subject which has tremendous value in helping pupils to learn powerful knowledge related to advanced mechanical and electrical systems, computing and the use of electronics.
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