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Overview

This course is designed to provide students with a balanced and coherent study of all elements of Design and Technology. Students have the opportunity to study, propose and realise prototype solutions to designing and making situations closely linked to the real world of product/system manufacture.

The course offers a sound basis for progression into further or higher education, or to enter employment in the engineering, manufacturing or design industries.

Specification aims

The aims of these specifications are to encourage students to:

• Develop and sustain students`own innovation, creativity and design and technology capability, to recognise and produce high quality products.
• Build upon the knowledge, understanding and skills acquired in GCSE studies.
• Promote a progression through Advanced Subsidiary and Advanced GCE and provide a suitable foundation for the study of related aspects in further and higher education.
• Develop a critical undestanding of the influences on processes and products of design and technological activity from a historical perspective and in current practice.
• Apply essential knowledge, understanding and skills of design production processes to a range of technological activities and develop an understanding of industrial practices.
• Use information and communication technology (ITC) to enhance students` design and technological capability.
• Use ideas and concepts across related design areas and in so doing, achieve an understanding of the relevant ideas, facts, concepts, laws and theories.
• Develop appropriate skills in communication, application of number and ICT.
• Identify the importance of, and apply mathematical and scientific principles in design and technological activities.
• Recognise the social, moral, spiritual and cultural values inherent in design and technological activity, and develop critical evaluation skills in technical, aesthetic, ethical, economic, environmental, social and cultural contexts.
• Encourage students to develop as discerning consumers who are able to make informed choices.
• Develop positive attitudes of co-operation and citizenship, and encourage students to work collaboratively.