Specification
In To fulfil the requirements of this qualification, students must produce three units of coursework and complete work on an externally-set Controlled Theme or Task.
Assessment in Entry Level Art and Design is based on three assessment objectives: Investigating, Understanding and Making. These objectives are summarised below.
Students should:
- inform and develop their own work by comparing it to the work of others from different places and times;
- recognise that different types of art and crafts are created for, and influenced by, different situations;
- experiment with, and demonstrate practical skills using, a variety of materials, tools and techniques;
- use the visual elements;
- modify their work as it develops;
- collect and organise reference materials to develop ideas;
- investigate ways of exploring ideas and feelings through materials, techniques and processes; and
- record from direct experience, observation and imagination both the natural and manmade environment.
These assessment objectives can be viewed in their entirety in the specification.