Meanings
- UKuncountableeducationA school subject combining elements of woodwork, metalwork and plastic-work, sometimes a module of a larger design and technology syllabus.
We heard of a school that distributed timetables one week before the end of term; a boy who had been studying resistant materials throughout year 10 had food technology on his timetable.
2004, Adrian Percival, Susan Tranter, How to Run Your School Successfully, →ISBN, page 1122 more examples
This is clear, for example, in the case of GCSE D&T, where students have to follow a core course in resistant materials but can gain a GCSE by combining this with another course in food technology or textiles technology
2000, Carrie Paechter, Changing School Subjects, →ISBN, page 43There is some evidence that this may be the case with girls taking electronics, and systems and controls, and this is also the case in the advanced-level examinations but it does not hold for those girls choosing to study resistant materials or for those boys choosing to study textiles and food technology.
2013, Patricia Murphy, “Gender and Technology”, in Defining Technological Literacy: Towards an Epistemological Framework, →ISBN, page 224Synonyms: shop class
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA school subject combining elements of woodwork, metalwork and plastic-work, sometimes a module of a larger design and technology syllabus.
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