Process
The Project process is designed to develop a variety of skills, with marks awarded for the students' progress and development as well as the outcome. The process is one of the most important aspects in assessing the Project.
Stages in the Project process
Students embarking on a Project Qualification, must record and evaluate each of the following stages in their AQA Production Log as part of their assessment. Students will also have regular review meetings with their supervisor through the project process.
Throughout the process, students must record all the stages of their project, in their AQA Production Log, including how their ideas and product developed.
- Start of the Project: students choose a topic, with support from their supervisor. It could be an extension to one of the subjects they’re already studying or something that interests them.
- Students draft a title and agree the aims with their supervisor.
- Project approval review – supervisor and student
- Plan their Project: students decide where to start their research, how to develop the topic and what form of product they will create. They can produce a research report, an artefact (eg piece of art, computer game or realised design) or a production (eg a charity or sporting event, or a play).
- Planning review – supervisor and student
- Students research their chosen topic – as well as looking at obvious sources such as the internet and books, students can ask an expert in their chosen field or arrange work experience in a relevant trade.
- Mid-project review – supervisor and student
- Students carry out their plan and prepare their product. Look critically at their research and, if necessary, revise their ideas. Make final decisions on the product and the format their presentation might take.
- Present their finished product and project process to a non-specialist audience that includes the supervisor.
- End‑of‑project review – supervisor and student
- Finally, students should reflect on the success of their Project overall.
The AQA Project Qualification allows students to undertake a Project by themselves or as part of a group. If they are working on a joint Project, they must still define their individual role and tasks within the group and use those as the basis for their Production Log.
