Teaching Disruptive Technologies in the Secondary School

A Practical Guide
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-99046-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm

This book provides a one stop shop for those interested in teaching about disruptive technologies as part of a wide variety of school subjects. It explores the technologies that are likely to have a profound influence on our society in the coming years and offers advice and guidance on how to devise, teach and assess a relevant curriculum.

Divided into two parts, the first examines the nature of disruption that technologies cause. It describes in depth what each technology does, how it works, who uses it and what for, and how this might be disruptive along with positive and negative implications. The technologies include:

• Additive Manufacture
• Artificial Intelligence
• Augmented Reality
• Big Data
• Internet of Things
• Quantum Computing
• Programmable Matter
• Neurotechnology
• Robotics
• Synthetic Biology

Part two suggests practical ways teachers could ‘Look Sideways’ and collaborate to teach and assess learners aged 11 -18 in these disruptive technologies so that they can successfully take up new employment opportunities and contribute fully to the debate of how those technologies affect our society.
Offering comprehensive guidance on the teaching, learning and assessment of disruptive technologies, this will be valuable reading for teachers, school leaders, teacher educators and those responsible for curriculum development.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Banks, Frank

Beaumont, HildaRuth

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Naturwissenschaften, Mathematik (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Weiterführende Schulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Defining, Exemplifying and Experiencing Disruption 2. Disruptive Technologies and the Future 3. Additive Manufacture in Depth 4. Artificial Intelligence in Depth  5. Augmented Reality in Depth 6. Big Data in Depth 7. Internet of Things (IoT) in Depth 8. Neurotechnology in Depth 9. Programmable Matter in Depth 10. Quantum Computing in Depth 11. Robotics in Depth 12. Synthetic Biography in Depth 13. An Introduction to Part 2 14. Identifying Relevant Curriculum Areas 15. A Disruptive Technology Curriculum for the Secondary School 16. Teaching about Disruptive Technologies 17. Teaching the Technical Skills of Using Some of the Disruptive Technologies 18. Teaching the Criteria for Disruption 19. Assessing a Disruptive Technology Curriculum 20. Closing Remarks

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. Frank Banks is Emeritus Professor of Teacher Education at The Open University where he was Director of International Teacher Education and led the innovative on-line flexible initial teacher education programme. Frank has worked as a school teacher of Science, Technology, Engineering science and Mathematics in different secondary high schools in England and in Wales.

Dr HildaRuth Beaumont [formerly David Barlex] is an acknowledged leader in design & technology education, curriculum design, and developing curriculum materials. A former school teacher, Senior Lecturer in Education at Brunel University, and now an Honorary Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Education, UCL, Hilda’s curriculum development activities stem from her conviction that classroom practice should be informed by academic research.