Extended Project

Course summary

Learners will produce an independent project on a topic of their choice. Learners will be taught both generic and specialist skills that will contribute to the completion of the project. These will include research methods, organisational, problem-solving and decision-making skills, evaluation and review skills that will enable learners to become independent, critical and reflective learners. This should demonstrate the learner’s: choice of project topic and title, rationale and a significant contribution to the nature and context of the design of their Extended Project planning, research and management of their project skills in decision-making, problem-solving and working with others ability to use new technologies, where appropriate initiative and critical thinking in selecting, analysing, evaluating and synthesising information/data ability to complete an individual task or a defined task within a group project communication and presentation skills evaluation of own learning and performance.