Top Ten Tips to take away

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Brian Russell
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Top Tip 1

• Structure coursework activities to reflect the
  content of the written paper.

Think Product Design!
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Top Tip 2

• Ensure that you provide enough time to prepare
  candidates for the written examination (40 over
  two years?)
• Structure this time well!

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Top Tip 3

• Teach generic design issues human factors,
  environmental issues, consumer issues, product
  analysis, product evolution, design methodology,
  packaging, labelling and instructions, product
  maintenance use of ICT, manufacturing etc.

Adapt the PowerPoint presentations to suit your
students
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Top Tip 4

• Collect and display handling collections of new
  commercially manufactured products use for
  product analysis. Pay particular attention to
  how they are manufactured, different markets etc.

Get students to discuss products at every
available opportunity
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Top Tip 5

• Build up sets of products from car boot
  sales/jumble sales/appeals to demonstrate the
  evolution of products over time.

Display with key questions/prompts to get them
used to identifying why changes have taken place.
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Top Tip 6

• Ensure all candidates experience manufacturing in
  quantity production lines, enterprise, modular
  designs etc.
• Team work is essential!

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Top Tip 7

• Refer to Industrial Practices whenever possible
  noting processes, materials and systems used.
• Get students to note this in their design work.
  Include how would I replicate this in school?

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Top Tip 8

• Use homework tasks to support and develop the
  knowledge base needed for the written
  examination.
• Especially important for the revision period when
  there is a tendency to ease off!

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Top Tip 9

• Reference the work of other designers/design
  movements from 1900 onwards.
• Use this to stimulate new ideas in project work
  and promote discussion as in Art, English and
  Music

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Top Tip 10

• Display key words for building a descriptive and
  technical vocabulary a major weakness in the
  written examination.
• Emphasise key terms which regularly crop up like
  Prototype, Ergonomics etc.

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