Design & Technology: Res. Mat.

The Edexcel GCSE in Design and Technology – Resistant Materials Technology allows students to:

• Make decisions, consider sustainability and combine skills with knowledge and understanding in order to design and make quality products.

• Explore ways in which aesthetic, technical, economic, environmental, ethical and social dimensions interact to shape designing and making.

• Analyse existing products and produce practical solutions to needs, wants and opportunities, recognising their impact on quality of life.

• Develop decision-making skills through individual and collaborative working.

• Understand that designing and making reflect and influence cultures and societies, and that products have an impact on lifestyle.

• Develop skills of creativity and critical analysis through making links between the principles of good design, existing solutions and technological knowledge.