New GCEs for 2008
GCE Dance (2230)
Introducing AQA's new course specification for Dance for AS and A Level. This new specification has been designed to:
- enable students to experience performance and choreography
- extend their appreciation of dance and to develop critical thinking skills in relation to Dance as an art form
- allow teachers to choose the genres and styles for study, looking at a diverse range of dance works and choreographers
The following information and specification outline will enable both practising Teachers and Subject Heads to be better informed and supported in the teaching of this subject, particularly if attending one of AQA's Teacher Support meetings.
Classification Codes
Every specification is assigned a national classification code indicating the subject area to which it belongs. The classification code for this specification is 7230.
Centres should be aware that candidates who enter for more than one GCE AS/A level qualification with the same classification code will have only one grade (the highest) counted for the purpose of the School and College Performance Tables.
Centres may wish to advise candidates that, if they take two specifications with the same classification code, universities and employers are very likely to take the view that they have achieved only one of the two GCE AS/A levels. The same view may be taken if candidates take two GCE AS/A level specifications that have different classification codes but have significant overlap of content. Candidates who have any doubts about their subject combinations should check with the university to which they wish to progress or company they wish to join, before embarking on their programmes.
Assessment Objectives
The Assessment objectives are common to AS and A Level.
AO1 - create imaginative dances with an understanding of current practice,whilst drawing on the conventions and traditions of the past
AO2 - perform and interpret dance ideas demonstrating technical and expressive skills, and safe practice, through solo and group work
AO3 - communicate clearly through writing the knowledge, understanding and insight appropriate to dance study
AO4 - in written work, show knowledge of choreographic and performance process in own or professional work; analyse and compare professional works
AO5 - appreciate the significance of own and professional work; understand the contextual influences on dance - Evaluate and distinguish between fact and opinion, and assess information from a variety of sources.