The OCR A Level Art and Design specifications are designed to encourage learners to develop skills, creativity, imagination, and independence based on personal experience, teaching skills, and critical understanding. Learners show this through their responses to a range of stimuli. The aims and learning outcomes of these qualifications are to enable learners to develop: • Intellectual, imaginative, creative, and intuitive capabilities • Investigative, analytical, experimental, practical, technical, and expressive skills, aesthetic understanding and critical judgment • Independence of mind in developing, refining, and communicating their own ideas, their own intentions, and their own personal outcomes • The experience of working with a broad range of media. • An understanding of the interrelationships between art, craft, and design processes and an awareness of the contexts in which they operate.
Art GCSE Grade 6 / Art & Design BTEC Distinction
Unit 1: Practical Coursework Portfolio • Students will develop skills through practical workshops using a range of materials and themes. This work will enable students to develop a personal portfolio to develop their skills and to use for presentation for university applications if required. A course of art history lessons will be followed to explore a range of different genres and techniques used by a wide range of artists. Students will be expected to carry out re-search and write about the work of various artists. Unit 2: Trial Set task • Students select a starting point from a list of themes and carry out research and development towards a final outcome. 15 hours of unaided test to respond to initial investigations. Unit 3a: Practical coursework portfolio (external assessment) Self-directed practical study based upon a personal interest or concern. To include a final piece or pieces with supporting preliminary studies. Unit 3b: Written essay (external assessment) A written essay of at least 1000 words on a chosen art history theme. Unit 4: Set task (external assessment) • Candidates select one starting point from an early-release question paper to carry out research and development work before the final outcome. 15 hours of unaided test to respond to initial investigations through a finished piece.
About Education Provider
| Region | West Midlands |
| Local Authority | Solihull |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Station Road, Knowle, Solihull, B93 0PT |
The OCR A Level Art and Design specifications are designed to encourage learners to develop skills, creativity, imagination, and independence based on personal experience, teaching skills, and critical understanding. Learners show this through their responses to a range of stimuli. The aims and learning outcomes of these qualifications are to enable learners to develop: • Intellectual, imaginative, creative, and intuitive capabilities • Investigative, analytical, experimental, practical, technical, and expressive skills, aesthetic understanding and critical judgment • Independence of mind in developing, refining, and communicating their own ideas, their own intentions, and their own personal outcomes • The experience of working with a broad range of media. • An understanding of the interrelationships between art, craft, and design processes and an awareness of the contexts in which they operate.
Art GCSE Grade 6 / Art & Design BTEC Distinction
Unit 1: Practical Coursework Portfolio • Students will develop skills through practical workshops using a range of materials and themes. This work will enable students to develop a personal portfolio to develop their skills and to use for presentation for university applications if required. A course of art history lessons will be followed to explore a range of different genres and techniques used by a wide range of artists. Students will be expected to carry out re-search and write about the work of various artists. Unit 2: Trial Set task • Students select a starting point from a list of themes and carry out research and development towards a final outcome. 15 hours of unaided test to respond to initial investigations. Unit 3a: Practical coursework portfolio (external assessment) Self-directed practical study based upon a personal interest or concern. To include a final piece or pieces with supporting preliminary studies. Unit 3b: Written essay (external assessment) A written essay of at least 1000 words on a chosen art history theme. Unit 4: Set task (external assessment) • Candidates select one starting point from an early-release question paper to carry out research and development work before the final outcome. 15 hours of unaided test to respond to initial investigations through a finished piece.