What is it?
In the 21st century sustainability is the key; however, it can be interpreted in many ways. According to Fuad-Luke (2009) “sustainable is an adjective applied to diverse subjects… it means that the subject can persist a long time into the future” however Mason (2017) explains that sustainability “is the study of how natural systems function, remain diverse and produce everything it needs for the ecology to remain in balance”. These two quotes mean the same however the way that Fuad-Luke’s (2009) is worded it sounds as though only the objects, or ‘subjects’ as he calls them, are affected, whereas Mason’s (2017) definition links to the outer world and how sustainability is to keep the balance of production and use of a material.
Sustainability
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Where there the national curriculum sets out the minimum requirement for the chosen subject, design and technology, Ofsted have now introduced SMSC (spiritual, moral, social and cultural) development in their School Inspection Handbook to ensure that students are thinking and using “their creativity in solving real and relevant problems”(The Design And Technology Association, 2017). Ofsted have made it so that schools will not get a mark for their outstanding grade in SMSC unless “The school’s thoughtful and wide-ranging promotion of pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and their physical well-being enables pupils to thrive.”(School inspection handbook, 2017).The way that it is put in the Ofsted inspection handbook and the national curriculum, as The Design And Technology Association (2017) phrase it, “a curriculum can be developed that reflects the particular locality, environment, employment opportunities, and any particular focus individual schools may have”, leaving the schools and teachers to integrate SMSC into their lessons as they see