ART AND DESIGN EDEXCEL : A LEVEL ART AND DESIGN INTRODUCTION This course encourages students to develop: Intellectual, imaginative, creative and intuitive powers Investigative, analytical, experimental, practical, technical and expressive skills, aesthetic understanding and judgement An understanding of the relationships between art and artists and an awareness of the contexts in which they operate Knowledge and understanding of art, craft and design in contemporary societies, and in other times and cultures. COURSE CONTENT COMPONENT Component 1 Personal Investigation
Component 2 Externally Set Assignment
ASSESSMENT A body of practical work plus an essay produced in response to a theme chosen by the Art Department. A body of work showing development of ideas, based on a student’s chosen starting point, from a given theme
DURATION
WEIGHTING
5 Terms
60%
Approximately 8 weeks of preparation time followed by a 15 hour exam over 3 days
40%
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA Develop
Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources demonstrating analytical and critical understanding.
Explore
Explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops.
Record
Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress.
Present
Present a meaningful response that realises intentions and, where appropriate, makes connections between visual and other elements.
LOOKING FURTHER AHEAD Art can open the door to careers in Graphic Design and Communication, Advertising, Furniture Design, Jewellery Making, Photography, Architecture, Interior Design, Textile Design, Fashion Design, Surface Pattern Design, Web and Game Design and many more. Students have gone on to attend Loughborough University and UAL to study Industrial design and photography.
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