DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY:
MR B BROWN
A LEVEL DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY IS CURRENTLY SPLIT INTO TWO SEPARATE A LEVELS; PRODUCT DESIGN (EDEXCEL) AND 3D DESIGN (AQA).
ON EITHER COURSE, WHAT WILL I LEARN? • You will have the opportunity to study, propose and choose prototype solutions to designing and making opportunities closely linked to the real world of product / system manufacture; • You will be involved in the identification of opportunities for design and technological activity; • You will be directly involved in the design and making of artefacts and products; • You will consider materials technology as appropriate to the production of products;
16 / Sixth Form Academic Programme 2022-2024
• You will use components, as appropriate, within systems - electrical, electronic, pneumatic mechanical and interfaces; • You will study a range of both modern and traditional manufacturing methods. • You will have an opportunity of looking at and discussing social, moral, cultural and ethical dimensions that relate to technological decisions; • You will work within constraints that economic and ergonomic factors placed on designing and making products and systems
