Current Issues & Topics

DATTA AGM - Melbourne December 4 & 5 2010

This will be held the weekend after Datta Victoria's "hands on" Conference on Wednesday Dec 1st and Thursday Dec
2nd. DATTA Aus members may like to participate and spend Friday visiting schools or meeting with HE people. We believe that we can offer DATTA Aus member complementary registration at the hands on Conference. Our "hands on" conference focuses on the acquisition of skills and networking. Visit Datta Vic for more information.

Jan 2010 - Design and Technology teacher - Patricia Hynes, wins National Award!

After lengthy deliberation at the December 2009 AGM, it was decided that Patricia Hynes from the Centre for Creative Industries Box Hill Institute of TAFE in Melbourne would receive the National Design and Technology Teacher of the year award......More

The DATTA Forum

Become a member in the new DATTA Forum and have your say on any number of topics related to Design and Technology Education in Australia today..............use the menu link above or click here

Dec 2009 - DATTA's Position on Design & Technology Education

Australians face new and diverse lifestyles, environmental and economic challenges and opportunities. Full participation in our complex democracy demands knowledge and experience of both the processes and the products of technology. Increasingly citizens are asked to make judgements on matters dependent on technological knowledge and intuition such as water use, forms of power generation and energy use and carbon trading. .............More

The National Curriculum Agenda