[Design and Technology] Review of Draft

[Lisa Walsh]

Just completed the survey.
If it is at all helpful for anyone, here were some of my
thoughts/responses...

Qu) The lifecycle assessment (LCA) is now included in Unit 1 to increase
students' capacities to make meaningful improvements to all areas of
sustainability.

Response) LCA as a scientific approach to assessing a product's impacts and
cannot be done accurately and with the appropriate detail - too much work.
I agree that a study of LCA is appropriate here and an analysis based on
LCA principles should be done.

Qu) To what extent do you agree with the proposal to reduce the content in
Unit 3 to make for a more realistic workload?

Response) Currently workload too big and highly repetitive. So hard to
achieve the strength of descriptors used to assess SAT work and in a study
which is notoriously scaled down.


UNIT 1

LCA in key knowledge but a detailed analysis of impacts based on LCA on
skills. Unit 1 is already a heavy load within one semester.

UNIT 3

Increase allocation of marks for outcome 2 to 40.

Concerned about use of "end-user" only. There has been a worthwhile
distinction for students who source a client and an end-user. Students need
to be encouraged to have an opportunity to be truly creative and innovative
with their final year's work to gain entry into courses and the restriction
implied by "end-users" only, if groups of end-users are what is meant it is
too restrictive. No advantage in adding 2 more "P's" to the 5P's other than
adding to complexity and irrelevance. Cannot see ANY real reduction in
workload.

UNIT 4

Reduce outcome 1 allocation of marks to 35.

Students have no prerequisites to attempting Units 3&4 and yet the content
builds on Units 1&2 and calls for a high level of experience to achieve
success.


*Lisa Walsh*
Design & Technology
Avila College
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