The focus on teachers is a deliberate policy. Research by Nicholl et al. (2008) on Leadership and
Creativity in Design & Technology (D&T) 11-14 years, found that teachers and their belief systems
influenced their classroom behaviours; that is, what they taught, and how they taught for creativity in
the D&T classroom. Working with teachers, and their belief systems, is a means of engaging pupils,
via their teachers, who are seen as the gatekeepers of inclusive design. To this end, the project team
will work with teachers and pupils to develop high quality resources that help teachers to help pupils
engage in, and learn through, inclusive design tasks. To do this, the project will develop an approach
to inclusive design that is tried and tested by teachers and their pupils. A set of resources will be
developed.