What Happens when a School Subject Undergoes a Sudden Change of Status?Footnote^[1]

^[1] The work reported in this paper was carried out as part of an study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, entitled ‘Power, Gender and the Negotiation of the Design and Technology Curriculum’, directed by myself and John Head and based at the Centre for Educational Studies, King's College, London. The names of both the schools and of the teachers have been changed.

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