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GCSE Art and DesignFor first teaching in 2016
Summer/Autumn 2015
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Context
• Intended to provide creative teaching and learning opportunities and provide effective assessments across the ability range
• Developed by an experienced team of senior examiners with support from a stakeholder reference group (SRG) made up of teachers and HE representatives
• Designed to provide progression routes to AS/A – level and vocational pathways
• Submitted to Ofqual for accreditation
• Assuming approval, the new GCSE specification is for teaching from September 2016, with first award 2018
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Underlying principles
• Changes to further develop opportunities for teaching and learning and to address stipulated regulatory requirements
• Maintenance of teacher and student choice and creative opportunities
• Suitability for students across the ability range
• Building on KS3 experiences
• Providing progression opportunities
• Accessible and ongoing support
• Clear assessment criteria which are common to both components
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Specification at a glance
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Component 1Portfolio
60%• 96 marks• No time limit
How it’s assessed • Non-exam assessment (NEA) set and marked by the school/college and moderated by AQA during a visit.
• Moderation will normally take place in June.
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Specification at a glance
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Component 2Externally set assignment
40%• 96 marks• An ESA paper with seven
starting points.• Students respond to one
starting point• A preparatory period followed
by 10 hours of supervised time
How it’s assessed • Non-exam assessment (NEA) set by AQA and marked by the school/college.
• Moderated by AQA during a visit.
• Moderation will normally take place in June.
Component 1 Portfolio
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The content of the portfolio will be determined by the particular requirements and nature of the course of study undertaken. There is no restriction on the scale of work, media or materials used.Each student must select and present a portfolio representative of their course of study. The portfolio must include both:
1. A sustained project developed in response to a subject, theme, task or brief evidencing the journey from initial engagement with an idea(s) to the realisation of intentions.
2. A selection of further work resulting from activities such as trials and experiments; skills- based workshops; mini and/or foundation projects; responses to gallery, museum or site visits; work placements; independent study and evidence of the student’s specific role in any group work undertaken.
Component 1 Portfolio contd.
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• Students should carefully select, organise and present their portfolio and must ensure that it provides evidence of meeting all four assessment objectives.
• They must identify and acknowledge sources which are not their own.
• Component 1 submissions must evidence drawing activity and written annotation.
• Work selected for the portfolio should be presented in an appropriate format and could include: mounted studies, sketchbooks, visual diaries, journals, design sheets, design proposals, models, maquettes, prototypes, storyboards, video, photographic or digital presentations, records of transient and site-specific installations.
Component 2 Externally Set Assignment
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• AQA will provide a separate externally set assignment for each title, each with seven different starting points. Students must select and respond to one starting point from their chosen title.
• Externally set assignments will be available to students and teachers from 2
January. They must be given to students in their entirety and must not be edited, changed or abridged in any way.
• Students and teachers can have access to the externally set assignments on 2 January but not before. It is at the discretion of schools to plan when their students start their preparatory work after 2 January.
• Following receipt of the externally set assignment paper, students should select one starting point from which to develop their own work.
• Component 2 submissions must evidence drawing activity and written annotation and address all four assessment objectives.
Component 2 Externally Set Assignment contd
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Preparatory period – from 2 January:
• Students may discuss their starting point with the teacher.
• An unlimited period of preparatory time is followed by 10 hours of supervised time during which students will develop their own unaided work. There is no restriction on the scale of work, media or materials used.
• Preparatory work may be presented in any suitable two- and/or three-dimensional format such as mounted sheets, sketchbooks, journals, design proposals, models and maquettes, digital or non-digital presentations.
• Students must stop work on their preparatory studies as soon as the first period of supervised time starts.
• They may refer to their preparatory work during the supervised time but may not add to it or amend it.
Component 2 Externally Set Assignment contd.
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Supervised time – 10 hours: • Following the preparatory period, students must undertake 10 hours of unaided
focused study, under supervision.
• The first two hours of supervised time must be consecutive.
• Schools and colleges may timetable supervised sessions for the remaining eight hour at their own discretion.
• Preparatory work and work produced during the supervised time must be kept under secure conditions between and following the supervised sessions.
• Work produced during the supervised time must be clearly identified as such.
• All work submitted for this component will be marked as a whole.
Component 2 Externally Set Assignment General Points
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• The starting points are intended to provide students with opportunities to respond in a personal and meaningful manner.
• Work submitted for assessment in Component 2 can be presented in any suitable form.
• Work produced during the 10 hours of supervised time must be clearly distinguishable from that produced in the preparatory period.
• The submission will be assessed holistically and all four assessment objectives
must be evidenced.
Drawing Activity
• Students must provide evidence of drawing activity in both their portfolio submission and externally set assignment.
• This activity can take different forms depending on intention.
• It can feature as an element within the developmental process and/or explicitly in the realisation of intentions. Drawing activity could be demonstrated in students’ evidence for AO1, AO2 and AO4, but must feature in their evidence for AO3.
• The particular value and significance of drawing activity should be determined by the ways in which it addresses purpose and need rather than the extent to which it demonstrates technical mastery, unless this is the explicit intention.
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Written Annotation
• Written annotation must be explicitly evidenced in both Component 1 and
Component 2.
• Teachers should encourage students to understand where and how
annotations can feature as an integral rather than ‘bolt-on’ aspect of the
creative process.
• When addressing the requirements of AO3, students must use written
annotation to record their ideas, observations and insights using appropriate
specialist vocabulary, as work progresses.
• Written annotation can also contribute to evidence for AO1, AO2 and AO4.
• Annotations can be presented in hand written and/or digital form as
appropriate.
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The Titles
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• Art, craft and design
• Fine art
• Graphic communication
• Textile design
• Three-dimensional design
• Photography
Assessment objectives
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AO1
Develop ideas through investigations, demonstrating critical understanding of sources
AO2
Refine work by exploring ideas, selecting and experimenting with appropriate media, materials, techniques and processes
AO3
Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions as work progresses
AO4
Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and demonstrates understanding of visual language
Marking criteria
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AO1 24
AO2 24
AO3 24
AO4 24
Resources
Teacher’s guide including guidance on:
• interpreting the assessment objectives
• art-based, craft-based and design-based practice
• constructing a portfolio
• presenting evidence
• purposeful engagement with sources
• managing non-examined assessment (NEA)
• FAQs
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Resources contd.
• Schemes of work: approaches to the delivery of Components 1 and 2 for each title to help you plan your course(s) with confidence.
• Good practice guides: that will help you to inspire and challenge students to think creatively.
• Exemplification materials: that showcase sets of marked students' work supported by examiner commentaries and guidance.
• Training courses: to help you deliver AQA Art and Design qualifications.
• Subject expertise: courses for all teachers, from newly-qualified teachers who are just getting started to experienced teachers looking for fresh inspiration.
• Guide to written annotation
• Guide to drawing for different purposes and needs
• Glossary of terms for students: to help them meet the written annotation requirement
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Support• Teacher standardisation: to help you mark your students' work we offer over
100 free teacher standardisation half-day meetings nationally, using exhibitions of live work, covering all titles and a range of marks at each level.
• Twilight sessions: after school meetings that showcase the exhibition of live students work, with additional curriculum development sets. These free of charge meetings are an opportunity to inform and inspire good teaching practice.
• Art and design advisory service: each school or college is allocated a Subject adviser. You can contact them for one-to-one advice on any aspect of the subject, assessment and/or support with planning and delivery of course content.
• Subject community: provides access to free resources and services offered by museums, galleries as well as from universities and art colleges
• Support meetings: to help you with course delivery; offering practical teaching strategies and approaches that really work.
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Timeline 1
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May 2015
Draft Specification and specimen ESA papers
December 2015
FREE Introductory events online and face to face
Accredited Specification published
June 2015 July 2015 August 2015 September 2015
October/ November
2015
Teacher and learner resources published
Timeline 2
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Teacher support courses available
Additional teacher and learner resources published
Teacher Standardisation new specification
Spring 2016 Summer 2016 Autumn 2016 Spring 2017
FREE Preparing to Teach events
First teaching of GCSE in Art and Design
Teacher Standardisation current specification
Contact points for more information and guidance
• Customer Support [email protected] 01483 437 750
• Teacher Support and CPD [email protected] 957 3646
• AQA Website
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General questions
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Thank you
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