Prof. Frank Banks is Emeritus Professor of Teacher Education at The Open University where he was Director of International Teacher Education and led the innovative on-line flexible initial teacher education programme. Frank has worked as a school teacher of Science, Technology, Engineering science and Mathematics in different secondary high schools in England and in Wales.

Dr HildaRuth Beaumont [formerly David Barlex] is an acknowledged leader in design & technology education, curriculum design, and developing curriculum materials. A former school teacher, Senior Lecturer in Education at Brunel University, and now an Honorary Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Education, UCL, Hilda's curriculum development activities stem from her conviction that classroom practice should be informed by academic research.