Art & Design

A Level Art & Design (Edexcel)

Aims

To enable students to develop:

• Intellectual, imaginative, creative and intuitive capabilities
• Investigative, analytical, experimental, practical, technical and expressive skills, aesthetic understanding and critical judgement
• Independence of mind in developing, refining and communicating their own ideas, their own intentions and their own personal outcomes
• An interest in, enthusiasm for an enjoyment of art, craft and design
• Their 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
• Knowledge and experience of real-world contexts and, where appropriate, links to the creative industries
• Knowledge and understanding of art craft, design and media and technologies in contemporary and past societies and cultures
• An awareness of different roles, functions, audiences and consumers of art, craft and design

Assessment

Overview of assessment

• Incorporates three major elements: supporting studies, practical work, and a personal study.
• Supporting studies and practical work will comprise a portfolio of development work and outcomes based on themes and ideas developed from personal starting points.
• The personal study will be evidence through critical written communication showing contextual research and understanding in a minimum 1000 words of continuous prose, which may contain integrated images. The personal study comprises 13% of the total qualification and is marked out 18.
• Marks available 90.

Overview of assessment

• Incorporates two major elements: preparatory studies and the 15-hour period of sustained focus.
• Preparatory studies will comprise a portfolio of practical and written development work based on the Externally Set Assignment.
• During the 15-hour period of sustained focus under examination conditions, students will produce final outcome(s) extending from their preparatory studies in response to the Externally Set Assignment.
• The Externally Set Assignment is released on 1 February and contains a theme and suggested starting points.
• Students have from 1 February until the commencement of the final 15-hour period of sustained focus to develop preparatory studies.
• The 15-hour period of sustained focus under examination conditions may take place over multiple sessions (a maximum of five, within three consecutive weeks).
• Marks available 72.

Assessment Objective