Design and technologies / Year 7 and 8 / Design and Technologies Knowledge and Understanding

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Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority

Curriculum content descriptions

Investigate the ways in which products, services and environments evolve locally, regionally and globally and how competing factors including social, ethical and sustainability considerations are prioritised in the development of technologies and designed solutions for preferred futures (ACTDEK029)

Elaborations

considering factors that influence the selection of appropriate materials, components, tools and equipment, for example Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ sustainable practices, custodianship and connection to Country
investigating how ethics, social values, profitability and sustainability considerations impact on design and technologies, for example animal welfare, intellectual property, off-shore manufacturing in Asia
critiquing competing factors that influence the design of services, for example a natural disaster warning system for a community
considering the rights and responsibilities of those working in design and technologies occupations, for example consideration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander protocols
investigating traditional and contemporary design and technologies, including from Asia, and predicting how they might change in the future in response to factors such as social change and the need for more sustainable patterns of living
identifying needs and new opportunities for design and enterprise, for example promotion and marketing of designed solutions

General capabilities

Literacy
Critical and creative thinking
Personal and social capability
Ethical understanding

Cross-curriculum priorities

Sustainability

ScOT terms

Human impact, Ethics, Designers, Futures education, Energy efficient design

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