Love design and looking for a rewarding career?
If you are a current university student or recent graduate and would like to become a Design and Technology or Systems teacher then please contact your Education Faculty and enquire about what course they can offer you.
Any questions you have about teaching can be directed to DATTA Vic via admin@datta.vic.edu.au
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Contact Details for Swinburne University
Dr Mick Grimley, Academic Director of Teacher Education and Associate Professor Education
Learning Transformations, Swinburne University of Technology,
BA Building, Level 9, Mailbox H63, Hawthorn 3122, MELBOURNE
Rm BA 906, Ph. 0392145712 or 0415142758
Contact Details for RMIT
Mr Liam Fennessy, Program Manager, Bachelor of Design
Architecture and Design
Building 100, Level 5, Room 1
+61 3 9925 5330
liam.fennessy@rmit.edu.au
Contact Details for Monash
Dr Mark Richardson, Lecturer, Department of Design (Industrial Design)
Faculty of Art & Design
Building G, 900 Dandenong Rd, Caulfield East
+61 3 9902 6000
mark.richardson@monash.edu
Contact Details for La Trobe
Dr Mike Brown, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education
Melbourne (Bundoora)
+61 3 9479 2345
m.brown@latrobe.edu.au
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Teacher Interview
Katherine Harris, Design and Technology Teacher

Teacher Interview
Antony Benson, Design and Technology Teacher
Why did you study?
Bachelor of Industrial design then a Graduate diploma of teaching.
Why did you choose to study design?
Was a natural fit for my interest in how things worked and how I could make them work better. It also allowed for a mix of creativity as well as technical expertise.
What do you love about design?
The positive impact it can have on people's lives either when a product "just works" and so life is made easier or when a product makes possible activities that were impossible for a person previously. An ability to engage the human being (body and soul) in the constructed world
What industry experience do you have?
I worked as an independent contractor as well as working for a design consultancy in Melbourne and IXL in Geelong. In a less direct way I also worked in the UK retrofitting an historic building for use as a hostel which also involved the design process and products.
Why did you choose teaching?
I realised that I what I liked best about design was resolving product flaws rather than designing products from scratch, I also discovered during my overseas travels that I really enjoyed teaching others skills that they could use.
What do you like about teaching?
Making a positive difference in a young person's life journey, being part of a school community- sets for school production, art show, school camps, witnessing the lightbulb moment when a kid "gets it", getting emails from students six months after they have finished my class with a photo of the completed product!!
What do you like about teaching Design and Technology?
Creativity on tap, developing/empowering new designers for our future, keeps you at forefront of technology, the variety of design skills that I use daily. Saying yes to an idea / concept that nobody has yet thought of, why not, lets give it a go.
Teenagers don't see boundaries the way adults do, they are still willing to imagine a product without limiting themselves by real world constraints. This means I can be assisting with 20 design briefs that range from cutting edge technology to old world timberwork techniques to 3D printing model making. The variety is extraordinary and the challenge is for me to accept that I don't have all the answers but to facilitate the students use of the design process to find solutions. It empowers students to become masters of their products.
What would you say to a new graduate that is considering a career teaching Design and Technology?
Teaching is not the "easy" option, the fallback position. Teaching Product Design and Technology will challenge you as a designer and as a person but the rewards that you will reap in watching a student achieve their goals, in helping a student resolve a problem you didn't even know the answer to are greater than anything you could hope for in a job.
Teacher Interview
Peter Murphy, Design and Technology Teacher
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