Curriculum+Level+5+Technology

=Curriculum levels=

=Level Five Technology=

Technological Practice
Students will:

Planning for practice
• Analyse their own and others’ planning practices to inform the selection and use of planning tools. Use these to support and justify planning decisions (including those relating to the management of resources) that will see the development of an outcome through to completion.

Brief development
• Justify the nature of an intended outcome in relation to the need or opportunity. Describe specifications that reflect key stakeholder feedback and that will inform the development of an outcome and its evaluation.

Outcome development and evaluation
• Analyse their own and others’ outcomes to inform the development of ideas for feasible outcomes. Undertake ongoing functional modelling and evaluation that takes account of key stakeholder feedback and trialling in the physical and social environments. Use the information gained to select and develop the outcome that best addresses the specifi cations. Evaluate the final outcome’s fitness for purpose against the brief.

Technological Knowledge
Students will:

Technological modelling
• Understand how evidence, reasoning, and decision making in functional modelling contribute to the development of design concepts and how prototyping can be used to justify ongoing refinement of outcomes.

Technological products
• Understand how materials are selected, based on desired performance criteria.

Technological systems
• Understand the properties of subsystems within technological systems.

Nature of Technology
Students will:

Characteristics of technology
• Understand how people’s perceptions and acceptance of technology impact on technological developments and how and why technological knowledge becomes codified.

Characteristics of technological outcomes
• Understand that technological outcomes are fit for purpose in terms of time and context. Understand the concept of malfunction and how “failure” can inform future outcomes.