Design and Technology

The Advanced Subsidiary and the Advanced GCE in Design and Technology on offer at Eastbury Comprehensive school site is the Edexcel Product Design: Graphics with Materials Technology.

 The key features are:

• Two equally weighted units at AS – one internal and one external unit.

• Four equally weighted units at Advanced GCE – two internal and two external units.

• “Design and make” coursework projects at both AS and at A2.

 Summary of scheme of assessment

Product Design – AS

There are two units of assessment, one unit is assessed by internal marking and external moderation and one unit is assessed by examination.

 Units of assessment

Unit 1: Product Development	Unit 2: Knowledge and Understanding of Product Design
Internal assessment	External assessment
Coursework project	2-hour examination
50% AS 25% of Advanced GCE	50% AS 25% of Advanced GCE

 

• Unit 1 is the “design and make” activity. Students select their own context, from which they must design and make a product that meets the original context/need.

• This unit results in the development of an appropriate product supported by a design folder. The folder, which should include ICT generated images where appropriate, must be submitted on A3 paper only and is likely to be between 26 and 30 pages long.

• This unit is internally marked using the generic coursework assessment criteria and externally moderated by Edexcel.

• Centres must submit a Coursework Assessment Booklet (CAB) for each student. Each CAB should include photographic evidence of the final product. All CABs are submitted to and retained by Edexcel. Copies of the CAB can be ordered from Edexcel publications or downloaded form the Edexcel website (www.edexcel.org.uk).

• Unit 2 will be assessed through an examination set and marked by Edexcel.

• There will be a 2-hour examination paper.

• The examination will be available in the summer of each examination series.

• The paper will be a question and answer booklet.

Product Design – A2

 Units of assessment

Unit 3: Further Study of product Design	Unit 4: Commercial Product Development
External assessment	Internal assessment
2-hour examination	Coursework project
25% of Advanced GCE	25% of Advanced GCE

 

• Unit 3 will be assessed through an examination set and marked by Edexcel.

• There will be a 2-hour examination paper.

• The examination will be available in the summer of each examination series.

• The paper will be a question and answer booklet.

• Unit 4 is the “design and make” activity.  Students identify a client/user group from which they must design and make a product that meets the original need. They should liaise with their client/user group in order to develop a commercial product.

• Students should be familiar with a range of industrial applications and commercial working practices in order to fulfil the requirements of this unit.

• This unit results in the development of an appropriate product supported by a design folder. The folder, which should include ICT generated images where appropriate, must be submitted on A3 paper only and is likely to be between 26 and 30 pages long.

• This unit is internally marked using the generic coursework assessment criteria and externally moderated by Edexcel.

• Centres must submit a Coursework Assessment Booklet (CAB) for each student. Each CAB should include photographic evidence of the final product. All CABs are submitted to and retained by Edexcel. Copies of the CAB can be ordered from Edexcel publications or downloaded form the Edexcel website (www.edexcel.org.uk).