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TechnologiesDerek Middleton, Qualification Development ManagerScottish Qualifications Authority
New National Qualifications• Support learning – assessment follows the curriculum
• Support aims, purposes and principles of Curriculum for Excellence
• Provide progression from Experiences and Outcomes and maximizes curriculum continuity between levels
• Build on existing strengths of reputation, standards, reliability and validity of Scottish qualifications
• Provide more flexibility and choice
Engagement and feedback• Local Authorities, Further and Higher Education
• Subject specialists, professional associations, industry
• Learner engagement
• CARG/QDT/SWGs
• CfE Liaison Team
• Have your say
Technologies: Overview
Provide progression
• Clear progression routes• Computing and Information Science• Design and Manufacture
• Hierarchical Units• Engineering Science
Assessment supporting learning
• Use of assignments to assess Added Value Units
• Use of assignments to assess application of skills in Course Assessments
• Question Papers focusing on Knowledge and Understanding
Flexibility and choice• Computing and Information Science: choice of
problem contexts
• Graphic Communication: flexibility in use of manual and computer-aided techniques
• Design and Manufacture: choice of design tasks
• Engineering Science: Contexts and Challenges Unit
Key messages
• Combining of Courses • Computing and Information Science• Design and Manufacture
• Methods of Assessment• Graphic Communication
• Details of course assessment
Workshop 1: New National Qualifications• Using the materials provided, please provide
feedback on:• Progression between levels• Balance and focus of skills, knowledge and
understanding• National 4 Added Value Assessment and National 5
Course Assessment• Opportunities to meet the Aims, purposes and
principles of Curriculum for Excellence