4 - Design & Technology SL
Course summary
Why study Design Technology? Diploma Programme Design Technology aims to develop internationally-minded people whose enhanced understanding of design and the technological world can facilitate our shared guardianship of the planet and create a better world. The course focuses on analysis, design development, synthesis and evaluation. The creative tension between theory and practice is what characterizes design technology within the DP sciences subject group. Diploma Programme Design Technology draws together a wide breadth of knowledge and builds comprehensive skills, linking to many different professional practices, allowing the application and development of theory learnt to be turned into reality and practice. This enables a much more effective learning process all round, for as Prue Leith once said: ‘Tell me and I forget, show me and I may remember, let me do it and I learn.’
Entry Requirements
Checked against your grades — every rule traces to the school's published source.
| Requirement | Rule | You |
|---|---|---|
GCSE qualifications | 5 gcse qualifications at grade 6.0 or above | — |
Biology | Grade 5 in Biology | — |
Chemistry Alternative route | Grade 5 in Chemistry | — |
Physics Alternative route | Grade 5 in Physics | — |
Combined Science Alternative route | Grade 5-5 in Combined Science | — |
Design and Technology Alternative route | Grade 5 in Design and Technology | — |
As published by the school
GCSE grade 5 in any separate science or 5-5 in Combined Science or grade 6 in Design and Technology.
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Assessment
External Assessment Paper 1 – 1 Hour – 30% Multiple-choice questions on core and HL extension material. Paper 2 – 1.5 Hours – 30% Data based, short-answer, and extended-response questions on core material. Internal Assessment Individual Design Project – 60 Hours – 40% All standard and higher level students complete a design project as an internal assessment task. This design project allows them to demonstrate their investigative, analytical, design thinking, design development, prototyping, testing and evaluation skills and mirrors the design processes used across the various industries that integrate design practice. Internal assessment accounts for 40% of the final assessment. At SL, the design project requires students to identify a problem and develop a solution. It is assessed against four common criteria: • Analysis of a design opportunity • Conceptual design • Development of a detailed design • Testing and evaluation
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