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The Cox Report and the Key Stage 3 review: creativity, design and innovation in the UK
journal contribution
posted on 2010-06-24, 11:25 authored by Eddie NormanAt the time of the 2005 UK Budget Statement
the Chancellor of the Exchequer decided to
commission a report concerning how to
exploit the nation’s creativity skills more fully
in order to ensure long-term economic
success. The consequent report by Sir George
Cox was released in December 2005 and
makes very interesting reading, particularly
when considered against the review of the
Key Stage 3 (KS3) UK curriculum (for 11-14
year old pupils). Many DATA members will
have already read the views that the
association has presented on behalf of its
members, which were published in November
2005. It is clear that the challenge of
sustainability in its full sense – economic,
social and environmental – is now firmly on
the national agenda, and driving the review of
economic and educational structures, and
rightly so. It is equally clear that the design
and technology (D&T) education community
must correspondingly review the contribution
that D&T makes to sustainability agendas,
facilitating change where it is needed, and
resisting change where it is misdirected.
History
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Citation
NORMAN, E.W.L., 2006. The Cox Report and the Key Stage 3 review: creativity, design and innovation in the UK. Design and Technology Education: an International Journal, 11 (1), pp. 3-6Publisher
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2006Notes
This is an article from the serial, Design and Technology Education: an International Journal [© DATE]. It is also available at: https://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/DATE/ISSN
2040-8633Language
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