1. Cross Curriculum Priorities
1.1. Sustainability
1.2. Asia and Australia's Engagement with Asia
1.3. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders History and Cultures
2. Links to Other Learning Areas
2.1. English
2.2. Mathematics
2.3. Science
2.4. The Arts
2.5. Humanities
2.6. Health and Physical Education
2.7. Languages
3. Aims and Objectives
3.1. Understanding
3.1.1. Understanding the roles and responsibilities of people in design and technologies occupations and their responsibilities and jobs contribute to society.
3.1.2. How technology advances over time and the impact technological development has had on society.
3.2. Skills
3.2.1. Making use of design systems, thinking to reach and communicate diversely
3.2.2. Manipulating a range of materials, systems, tools and equipment creatively, competently and safely, and managing processes.
3.2.3. Creating Solutions
3.2.4. Investigating Problems
3.2.5. Evaluating processes using continuous improvement framework.
3.2.6. Analysing Data
3.3. Knowledge
3.3.1. Lead to a sustainable future.
3.3.2. Developing confidence when students use technology effectively.
4. In Contexts and Societies
4.1. Food and Fibre Production
4.2. Food Technologies
5. Year Levels
5.1. F-2
5.2. 3-4
5.3. 5-6
5.4. 7-8
5.5. 9-10
6. Process and Production Skills
6.1. Investigating
6.2. Generating
6.3. Producing
6.4. Evaluating
6.5. Collaborating and Managing
7. Key Concepts
7.1. Using Materials
7.1.1. Materials
7.1.2. Personel
7.1.3. Services
7.1.4. Duration
7.2. Exploring
7.3. Investigating
7.4. Personal Reflection
7.5. Critique Needs
7.6. Sequencing
7.6.1. Material and Technology Specialisations
8. Student Diversity
8.1. Students with a Disability
8.2. Gifted and Talented Students
8.3. English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/EALD)
9. Content Descriptors
9.1. Each year level branches out into two year level descriptors.
9.1.1. Design Technologies, Processes and Production Skills.
9.1.2. Design Technologies, Knowledge and Understanding.
10. General Capabilities
10.1. Literacy
10.2. Numeracy
10.3. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
10.4. Critical and Creative Thinking
10.5. Personal and Social Capability
10.6. Ethical Understanding
10.7. Intercultural Understanding
11. Key Ideas
11.1. Thinking Skills
11.1.1. System Thinking
11.1.2. Design Thinking
11.1.3. Computational Thinking