GCE AS/ACommunication Studies (5626,6626)

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Media Studies Teachers' Forum

Teachers' Guides

A Teacher's Guide is available in this subject. A copy has been sent all registered AQA examination centres. Further printed copies can be purchased from AQA Publications Department. These Guides are not available on-line.

The Guide contains:

• A consideration of how the Communication Studies specification may fit into some suggested curriculum models
• An outline of the structure of the specification and of how synoptic assessment has been addressed
• A consideration of assessment issues
• An exploration of the specification unit by unit
• A consideration of coursework issues with advice on annotation, coursework support, and moderation procedures
• Some suggested approaches to coursework tasks and some suggestions for coursework investigations for unit 1 and unit 4
• An exploration of the marking criteria for coursework for AS and A2
• Advice about how much help to give candidates who are embarking on coursework investigations
• A section on course delivery and some possible models of course delivery, looking in particular at issues of delivery over two years and one year
• Schemes of work along with an exploration of the content of each module
• A reading and resource list
• A section on overlap with other qualifications outlining links with, in particular, Advanced VCE Media, Communication and Production
• A section on how the specification can be used to deliver the main key skills