Design Course Changes 2015/2016

Design Course Changes2015/2016

General and ATAR

• Year 11 Unit 1 and 2

• Year 12 Unit 3 and 4

• Must teach the correct units to the student in the year they are in.

• Implications – student who comes into a new subject in Year 12 must do Units 3 and 4.

General – overall• Can study more than one context in the Design course –

• Graphics

• Photography

• Dimensional

• Technical Graphics

• The content organisers have been reworded and include Design, Communication and Production

• Rationale, Course Outcomes have not changed

General – Year 11 Unit 1 and 2• Unit 1 has been named Design fundamentals

• Unit 2 has been named Personal design

• Assessment weightings are now fixed

• Investigation type assessment has been removed

• Two types - Production 70% and Response 30%

• Assessment outline for the course must include:

• A set of assessment tasks

• A general description of each task

• Unit content to be assessed

• Weighting for each task and each assessment type

• Approximate timing of each task

• Each assessment type must be included at least twice for a pair of units.

General – Year 12 Unit 3 and 4

• Unit 3 has been named Product Design

• Unit 4 has been named Cultural design

• Three types - Production 65%, Response 20% and the Externally set task 15%

• Externally set task will need to be administered in Term 2 at a time stated by the Authority (No further information known at this stage)

• A few changes between the two units in the content but very minor

Content – plus and minus

• Clearer statement on what the design process involves

Research, investigation, ideation, development, refinement, production

and reflection

ATAR – overall

• The four identified contexts remain however students can only study one ATAR Design course

• The content organisers Design, Communication and Production

• Rationale, Course Outcomes have not changed

• A number of dot points have been modified or relocated

ATAR– Year 11 Unit 1 and 2

• Unit 1 has been named Product Design

• Unit 2 has been named Cultural design

• Removal of the Investigation type assessment has been removed and the addition of Examination.

• Production 50% and Response 30% and Examination 20%

ATAR– Year 12 Unit 3 and 4

• Unit 3 has been named Commercial Design

• Unit 4 has been named Influential Design

• Two parts – Practical and Written

• Practical – 100% weighting

• Written – 100% weighting

• Written – Response 40%Written - Examination 60%

ATAR– Year 12 WACE examination

Practical

• Now states submission should demonstrate a comprehensive design process.

• It states what can be included in the portfolio

Written

• No portfolio in the examination

• Section One and Two same as current WACE

• There is still a choice of one context specific question

Content – plus and minus • The design process is not as prescribed as in the General course

• The course is still open to interpretation Some of the wording is still complex and difficult to understand and use.

• ie: Synetics

• Can be quite complex to understand and how much needs to be covered? – there are 23 synectic trigger mechanisms

• The depth of instruction is still not highlighted

• The course does allows for flexibility

• There needs to be more support for teachers regarding portfolio creation and syllabus interpretation

Any Questions.