Background …
Dominion Post Article
Teacher Andrew Hughes:
Began his schooling at Rotorua Lakes High School, Andrew then did a Bachelor of Design with Honours in Industrial Design at Massey University in Wellington, graduating in 2001. Using the broad range of skills, abilities and knowledge bases from the degree, he worked in a variety of design jobs, including audiovisual technician, photographer's assistant, graphic designer and a pre-press technician. He then did outpost teacher training in Rotorua through Christchurch College of Education.
Andrew's first teaching position was at Wellington High School in 2004, teaching Years 9, 11 and 12 Graphics and Years 10 and 11 Technology. In his second year he was teaching only senior classes in graphics and technology, including this Bright Ideas unit.
The Year 12 class comprised 13 students with a fairly even gender balance. Most had continued on from Andrew's Year 11 Graphics and Hard Materials Technology classes, with some students from Graphics new to Technology in year 12 as a subject.
