We strive to provide students with opportunities to enhance their fine motor coordination and improve their problem solving skills.
 
The focus of this subject is the application of the technological process (design process). This involves the identification of everyday problems, and the selection and application of appropriate resources to develop practical solutions. The design process encourages the development of critical and creative thinking skills.
 
Through an open-ended, problem solving approach, thinking is combined with doing. Students work in teams to integrate their acquired knowledge and skills. They explore both the positive and negative impacts of technological developments on their political, social, economic and biophysical environments.
 
Assessment in Design Technology is more than assessing the individual components. As Technology lessons are mostly project-driven, the projects are appropriately assessed and the students’ performance reported against the three Technology Learning Outcomes.