Product Design focuses on meeting the needs and requirements of users through user centred iterative design. The course covers the designed world; the analysis of existing solutions in respect of economic and market considerations, enterprise and innovation and wider issues in order to understand how best to apply design to create solutions. Reflecting authentic practice, giving an insight into the way creative design and manufacturing industries function. Applying innovation and creativity and developing problem solving skills reflects the importance of Product Design as a key link between STEM and The Arts. Central to the content of Product Design is the requirement of the leaners to understand and apply iterative user centred design. Demonstrating knowledge, understanding and skills through interrelated iterative processes that ‘explore’ needs, ‘create’ solutions and ‘evaluate’ how well the needs will be met with the user and stakeholders at its centre. There is distinct content for the exam and non-exam assessment, which is bound together via 9 topic areas that shape all components and give clarity, these are: Identifying requirements Learning from existing products and practice Implications of wider issues Design thinking and communication Material considerations Engineering Principles Manufacturing processes and techniques Viability of design solutions Health and safety
NEA Iterative Design Project 50% A non-examined ‘Iterative Design Engineering Project’ is a design, make and evaluate project centred on the iterative processes of explore, create and evaluate. Design Engineering will focus on the functional requirements and/or systems of a product. Pupils are required to use their problem solving skills to apply scientific principles and mathematics to solve a design opportunity or problem from a context of their own choice. Innovative engineering approaches will be required resulting in a final prototype that can stand the rigor of real world tests and computer aided engineering analysis for its intended function. Principles exam 27% Demonstrate applied mathematical skills, technical knowledge and understanding of materials, product functionality, manufacturing processes and techniques Demonstrate an understanding of design thinking and wider social, moral and environmental issues that impact on the engineering and manufacturing industries. The paper is 1 hour 30 minutes long. Problem Solving 23% Critically evaluate an engineering problem by considering the wider issues using the information provided in the resource booklet Demonstrate the ability to evaluate a problem and apply technical knowledge to create an engineering solution to a problem Demonstrate problem solving skills by solving a mathematical engineering problem using an unseen scientific equation
About Education Provider
| Region | South East |
| Local Authority | Bracknell Forest |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | £48,930 |
| Sixth Form Fee | £35,760 |
| Address | Duke's Ride, Crowthorne, RG45 7PU |
Product Design focuses on meeting the needs and requirements of users through user centred iterative design. The course covers the designed world; the analysis of existing solutions in respect of economic and market considerations, enterprise and innovation and wider issues in order to understand how best to apply design to create solutions. Reflecting authentic practice, giving an insight into the way creative design and manufacturing industries function. Applying innovation and creativity and developing problem solving skills reflects the importance of Product Design as a key link between STEM and The Arts. Central to the content of Product Design is the requirement of the leaners to understand and apply iterative user centred design. Demonstrating knowledge, understanding and skills through interrelated iterative processes that ‘explore’ needs, ‘create’ solutions and ‘evaluate’ how well the needs will be met with the user and stakeholders at its centre. There is distinct content for the exam and non-exam assessment, which is bound together via 9 topic areas that shape all components and give clarity, these are: Identifying requirements Learning from existing products and practice Implications of wider issues Design thinking and communication Material considerations Engineering Principles Manufacturing processes and techniques Viability of design solutions Health and safety
NEA Iterative Design Project 50% A non-examined ‘Iterative Design Engineering Project’ is a design, make and evaluate project centred on the iterative processes of explore, create and evaluate. Design Engineering will focus on the functional requirements and/or systems of a product. Pupils are required to use their problem solving skills to apply scientific principles and mathematics to solve a design opportunity or problem from a context of their own choice. Innovative engineering approaches will be required resulting in a final prototype that can stand the rigor of real world tests and computer aided engineering analysis for its intended function. Principles exam 27% Demonstrate applied mathematical skills, technical knowledge and understanding of materials, product functionality, manufacturing processes and techniques Demonstrate an understanding of design thinking and wider social, moral and environmental issues that impact on the engineering and manufacturing industries. The paper is 1 hour 30 minutes long. Problem Solving 23% Critically evaluate an engineering problem by considering the wider issues using the information provided in the resource booklet Demonstrate the ability to evaluate a problem and apply technical knowledge to create an engineering solution to a problem Demonstrate problem solving skills by solving a mathematical engineering problem using an unseen scientific equation