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Textiles Technology

 Textiles Technology is an elective 100 or 200-hour course that enables students to develop knowledge, understanding and skills to be creative, explore functional and aesthetic aspects of textiles and produce textile items. Students investigate the work of textile designers and examine historical, cultural and contemporary aspects of design. Students explore the properties and performance of a range of textile items to enable them to justify the selection of textiles materials for specific end uses.

Textiles Technology Years 7-10 syllabus builds upon the knowledge, skills and experiences developed in mandatory technology education from kindergarten to Year 8 through the K-6 Science and Technology syllabus and the Technology (Mandatory) Years 7-8 syllabus. Students may focus further on this subject matter in Years 11-12 through subjects such as: Textiles and Design, Design and Technology, Entertainment Industry VET, Furnishings CEC, Technology and Applied Studies Life Skills.

During the 200-hour course students will design, produce and evaluate a minimum of four textile projects from three of the following areas: apparel, furnishings, costume, textile arts, non-apparel. Projects integrate the three core areas of study: design, properties and performance of textiles, and textiles and society.

The BOS Years 7-10 Syllabus Course Descriptors document provides a more detailed course description, including School Certificate requirements.

Programming resources

Programming tools and templates These programming tools and templates support the implementation process.

Course plans and units of work School-based course plans and units of work for Textiles Technology.

Assessment and reporting Links to the Curriculum Programming and Planning, Assessing and Reporting K-12 policy and related resources on consistency of teacher judgement, moderation and assessment.

Teaching ideas Resources available to support the teaching of Textiles Technology.

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