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EnglandVisual Arts

The creative process and portfolio

6 dot points across 6 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do you annotate and evaluate work so your thinking is visible to a moderator?

Evaluating and annotating your work: making your thinking visible through purposeful annotation that explains decisions and links sources to next steps, and continuous evaluation that reviews what worked and why, so the developmental journey can be read and credited.
How to annotate and evaluate work in an Eduqas project: purposeful annotation that explains decisions and links sources to next steps, plus continuous evaluation that reviews what worked and why, so the developmental journey is visible and credited.
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How do you generate ideas from a starting point and develop them into a personal direction?

Generating and developing ideas: turning a starting point into a personal direction through mind-mapping, investigation and first responses, then developing the strongest idea through connected studies and experiments rather than settling on the first thought.
How to generate and develop ideas in an Eduqas project: turning a starting point into a personal direction through mind-mapping, investigation and first responses, then developing the strongest idea through connected studies and experiments.
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How do you select and present a Portfolio so the moderator can follow your development?

Selecting and presenting the portfolio: choosing the work that best evidences all four objectives, sequencing it so the journey reads from starting point to outcome, and presenting it cleanly so the development is clear and the work is shown to its best advantage.
How to select and present an Eduqas Portfolio: choosing work that best evidences all four objectives, sequencing it so the journey reads from starting point to outcome, and presenting it cleanly so development is clear.
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How do you build a sustained project that runs from a starting point to a resolved outcome?

Structuring a sustained project: building a coherent line of enquiry from a starting point through investigation, recording, experimentation and development to a resolved outcome, so the work reads as a connected journey across the four objectives.
How to structure a sustained Eduqas project: building a coherent line of enquiry from a starting point through investigation, recording, experimentation and development to a resolved outcome that reads as a connected journey across the four objectives.
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How is Eduqas GCSE Art and Design structured, and what are the seven endorsed titles?

The structure of Eduqas GCSE Art and Design: a practical, portfolio-assessed course with no written exam, offered as seven endorsed titles (Art Craft and Design, Fine Art, Critical and Contextual Studies, Textile Design, Graphic Communication, Three-Dimensional Design, Photography), assessed by two components against four objectives.
How Eduqas GCSE Art and Design is structured: a practical, coursework-assessed course with no written exam, offered as seven endorsed titles and assessed by two components (Portfolio 60 percent, Externally Set Assignment 40 percent) against four objectives.
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What is Component 1, the Portfolio, and what does it have to contain?

Component 1 the Portfolio: a sustained selection of practical and contextual work showing the journey from starting points through development to one or more finished outcomes, worth 72 marks and 60 percent, assessed holistically against all four objectives.
What the Eduqas Portfolio (Component 1) requires: a sustained selection of practical and contextual work showing development from starting points to finished outcomes, worth 72 marks and 60 percent, assessed holistically against all four objectives.
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