The modern subject of Product Design offers progressive synergy between creative ideas and precision engineering. Modern Product Design uses the tool kit of the 21st century succinctly to prototype Human-Centred Design so that a product can be innovated. It is a process that starts with understanding the needs of the consumer and ends in the development of a solution that is tailor-made to suit their need. Solutions will be the outcome of rigorous research and application of knowledge and understanding. The specification offers candidates opportunities to acquire and demonstrate: • Knowledge and understanding of the world of designing and making. • An awareness of how styles have changed throughout history and the work of influential designers including the opportunity to handle and analyse the latest products from contemporary designers. • Flair and technological capabilities through the making of quality outcomes. • An awareness of industrial processes and manufacturing techniques that underpin the manufacture of products and systems within products. • Awareness of the responsibilities of designers and technologists to mankind through an increasing knowledge of the potentials and hazards inherent in technological advancement. • Realisation of products using the Department’s extensive range of equipment.
Sixth Form candidates are expected to achieve strong GCSE grades across the board. As a minimum, pupils should gain a 7 or above at GCSE in the subjects (or relevant subjects) they hope to study at A Level or at Higher Level within the IB. Particularly at A Level, that requirement moves up to an 8 for either Maths or any of the three traditional Sciences.
Non-Exam assessment 50% Practical Application of Technical, designing and making principles Theory Paper 1 Technical Principles 30% A mixture of short answer and extended responses 2½ hr Theory Paper 2 Designing and Making Principles 20% Section A: Product Analysis Section B: Commercial Manufacture 1½ hr
About Education Provider
| Region | South East |
| Local Authority | Oxfordshire |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
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| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | Unknown |
| Address | Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 7NN |
The modern subject of Product Design offers progressive synergy between creative ideas and precision engineering. Modern Product Design uses the tool kit of the 21st century succinctly to prototype Human-Centred Design so that a product can be innovated. It is a process that starts with understanding the needs of the consumer and ends in the development of a solution that is tailor-made to suit their need. Solutions will be the outcome of rigorous research and application of knowledge and understanding. The specification offers candidates opportunities to acquire and demonstrate: • Knowledge and understanding of the world of designing and making. • An awareness of how styles have changed throughout history and the work of influential designers including the opportunity to handle and analyse the latest products from contemporary designers. • Flair and technological capabilities through the making of quality outcomes. • An awareness of industrial processes and manufacturing techniques that underpin the manufacture of products and systems within products. • Awareness of the responsibilities of designers and technologists to mankind through an increasing knowledge of the potentials and hazards inherent in technological advancement. • Realisation of products using the Department’s extensive range of equipment.
Sixth Form candidates are expected to achieve strong GCSE grades across the board. As a minimum, pupils should gain a 7 or above at GCSE in the subjects (or relevant subjects) they hope to study at A Level or at Higher Level within the IB. Particularly at A Level, that requirement moves up to an 8 for either Maths or any of the three traditional Sciences.
Non-Exam assessment 50% Practical Application of Technical, designing and making principles Theory Paper 1 Technical Principles 30% A mixture of short answer and extended responses 2½ hr Theory Paper 2 Designing and Making Principles 20% Section A: Product Analysis Section B: Commercial Manufacture 1½ hr