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Technologies
Derek Middleton, Qualifications Development ManagerScottish Qualifications Authority
Technologies: OverviewSCQF Level
National Courses
7Computing
ScienceGraphic
CommunicationDesign andManufacture
EngineeringScience
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6Computing
ScienceGraphic
CommunicationDesign andManufacture
EngineeringScience
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5Computing
ScienceGraphic
CommunicationDesign andManufacture
EngineeringScience
Practical Woodworking
Practical Metalworking
PracticalElectronics
4Computing
ScienceGraphic
CommunicationDesign andManufacture
EngineeringScience
Practical Woodworking
Practical Metalworking
PracticalElectronics
3Computing
ScienceDesign and Technology
Practical CraftSkills
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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
Provide progression
Clear progression routes• Computing Science• Design and Manufacture
Hierarchical Units• Engineering Science
Integrated Courses• Design and Technology• Practical Craft Skills
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 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 messagesCombining of Courses
• Computing Science• Design and Manufacture
Methods of Assessment• Graphic Communication
Changes since draft publication• Computing Science title• Unit titles in Engineering Science• Unit titles in Practical Electronics• Amendments/clarifications to Outcomes and
Assessment standards in all Courses
Assessment Support Overview• Added Value Unit (National 4)
• Specimen Coursework (National 5)
• Unit Assessment Support (National 3 -5)- Computing Science Unit by Unit- Design and Manufacture Combined- Engineering Science Portfolio- Graphic Communication Combined- Practical Electronics Portfolio- Practical Metalworking Unit by Unit- Practical Woodworking Unit by Unit- Practical Craft Skills Unit by Unit- Design & Technology Portfolio