4Learning - Secondary - Resources - Design and Technology - The Technology Programme: Design for life

The Super Modern Wardrobe

Curriculum Relevance

Subject (main) - Design and Technology - Textiles Technology
Subjects (related) - Design and Technology - Product Design, Electronic Products, PSE
Key Stage - Key Stage 4 and AS
Age range - 14-17
Year groups - Y10, Y11, Y12
Examination syllabi - All GCSE Design and Technology Textile Technology courses

The programme specifically references the following aspects of GCSE Textile Technology, full and short course requirements in respect of:
Designing skills

to consider the conflicting demands which moral, cultural, economic, environmental, historical and social issues can make in the planning and designing of products
to consider the health and safety of users
Fibres and fabrics
an awareness of laminated and micro-encapsulated 'smart' fabrics
an awareness of technological advances in textile materials and their use
Product analysis
an understanding of the importance of image, lifestyle, coordination, ambience and harmony in past and present textile designs
Systems and control
the design, use and construction of systems and sub-systems