Design

Design

Design is the link between innovation and creativity, taking thoughts and, exploring possibilities and constraints associated with products or systems. Design enables students to become skillful problem solvers, stimulating ingenuity and encouraging them to combine intellectual talents and practical skills.

MYP Design challenges all students to apply practical and creative thinking skills to solve design problems. It encourages students to explore the role of design in both historical and contemporary contexts and raises students’ awareness of their responsibility when making design decisions and taking action.

Students are encouraged to display ingenuity and creativity in devising practical solutions to given tasks. Students use the design cycle to:

• Inquire and analyse
• Develop ideas
• Create a solution
• Test and evaluate

To enable students to face these challenges successfully, they will be taught a broad range of skills that range from traditional ‘hands on’ practices through to the latest computer aided design and manufacture techniques that are currently available to schools.

Design Curriculum Overview 2018 – 2019

Unit Of Inquiry Breakdown

Subject Group Overview

Syllabus Timeline

Contact

Martin Mathieson
Head of Design & Technology