| This unit covers the Primary (F~6) Design and Technology curriculum area, incorporating curriculum studies and pedagogical approaches with a focus on creating ethical, legal, and functional solutions using technology. Designing, making, and appraising artefacts is a focus of this unit, highlighting the intersection of design thinking, system thinking and problem solving. The unit also provides preservice teachers with an opportunity for developing their project management knowledge and skills for the effective application of digital technology within learning environments focused on Design and Technology. Topics include probing the scope of technology and its relation to society; approaches to design; design thinking; systems thinking; technology within cultural and local contexts. Preservice teachers will plan and manage Design and Technology solutions from conceptualisation to set teaching and learning objectives |