Cambridge IGCSE (9–1) Design & Technology enables learners to identify, consider and solve problems through creative thinking, planning and design, and by working with different media, materials and tools to produce a made product.
Learners gain technical and design awareness and develop skills such as initiative, resourcefulness, enquiry and ingenuity. They also develop the communication skills central to the design process.
Cambridge IGCSE Design & Technology (9–1) is designed to accommodate a wide range of interests, materials and resources. It provides an ideal basis for further study and equips learners with technical knowledge and practical designing and making skills for the world of work.
This syllabus is graded from 9 to 1 but is otherwise the same as Cambridge IGCSE Design & Technology (0445). You will find past papers and other resources for Cambridge IGCSE Design & Technology (0445) that may be useful for teaching Cambridge IGCSE (9–1) Design & Technology (0979).