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Copying  \nGCSE Design and Technology – NEA Guide  \nTable of Content  \nIntroduction 3  \nContent and Assessment Overview 4  \nIdentifying suitable NEA projects at GCSE Level 5  \nThe role of the teacher 6  \nExemplar Library  7  \nInvestigate  \n1.1 Investigation of needs and research 8  \n1.2 Specification 12  \nDesign  \n2.1 Design ideas  15  \n2.2 Review of initial ideas 18  \n2.3 Development of design ideas into a chosen design 20  \n2.4 Communication of design ideas 24  \n2.5 Review of chosen design 26  \nMake  \n3.1a Manufacture – selection of materials 28  \n3.1b Manufacture – skills and processes 28  \n3.2 Quality and accuracy  32  \nEvaluate  \n4.1Testing and evaluation 35  \n© Pearson Education Ltd 2023 . Copying permitted for purchasing institution only. This material is not copyright free.  \nVersion 2  \nGCSE Design and Technology – NEA Guide  \nIntroduction  \nThe purpose of the NEA component is for candidates to:  \n• Carry out investigation into a problem linked to a contextual challenge.  \n• Identify a suitable brief and set of specification criteria.  \n• Design a range of solutions and develop one of these for manufacture.  \n• Manufacture a prototype to a high level of accuracy.  \n• Test and evaluate the solution against the specification.  \nThe term ‘prototype’means an appropriate working solution to a user need or want, that is sufficiently developed to be tested and evaluated. It can be a:  \n1. Full-sized product.  \n2. Scaled working model.  \n3. Architectural model.  \n4. Functioning system.  \nThe assessment of the NEA focuses on the student’s ability to apply their skills, knowledge and understanding of D&T, both breadth and depth, to an open contextual challenge.  \nThe NEA requires students to carry out a single project that is identifiable against one of the contextual challenges, which are released on the 1st of June before the assessment window the following May.  \nAbout the contextual challenges  \nThere are 3 themes, and each theme has 2 contextual challenges, a total of six to choose from. Candidates must choose one of these six contextual challenges from the appropriate release, and follow an iterative design and make process, which is chronologically recorded into a digital portfolio.  \nAbout this delivery guide  \nThis delivery guide will take you through each assessment grid in order. Whilst the grids appear linear, marks can often be awarded for evidence found across the entire digital portfolio. Where this is not the case, this is to avoid double crediting candidates in two or more grids for the same work.  \nGenerative Artificial Intelligence and coursework  \nIt is important in the context of AI use that centres engage with JCQ guidance about AI within coursework including D&T NEA, and review where there is appropriate opportunity for its use not to replace student work, but to enhance student approaches to this creative project. Please review the following guidance for general coursework guidance relating to AI.  \nAI Use in Assessments: Protecting the Integrity of Qualifications  \nInformation for candidates Coursework assessments  \n© Pearson Education Ltd 2023 . Copying permitted for purchasing institution only. This material is not copyright free.  \nVersion 2  \nGCSE Design and Technology – NEA Guide  \nContent and assessment overview  \nThe Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9-1) in Design and Technology non-examined assessment component must be completed between the June of the release and May of the following year.  \n\n| Component 2: Non-examined assessment (Paper code: 1DT0/02) .\u003Cbr>Non-examined assessment is 50% of the qualification (Maximum of 100 marks) |\n| --- |\n| Content Overview\u003Cbr>There are four parts to the assessment:\u003Cbr>– Investigate\u003Cbr>This includes investigating design possibilities through research involving a user/client, the identification of a suitable design brief, and writing of a specification.\u003Cbr>– Design\u003Cbr>This includes producing different design ideas, reviewing t","cbCaitSDaPQ1bY99","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitSDaPQ1bY99","pdf",14479718,36,"English","# Introduction\n## Purpose of the NEA component\n## Contextual challenges and delivery guide\n## Generative AI and coursework guidance\n# Content and assessment overview\n## Assessment timing and component details\n## Four assessment parts: Investigate, Design, Make, Evaluate\n## Marks and moderation\n# Identifying suitable NEA projects\n## Portfolio approach for GCSE age students","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the NEA component for GCSE Design and Technology candidates?\",\"answer\":\"Candidates investigate a contextual challenge, develop a brief and specification, design solutions and one to manufacture, produce an accurate prototype, then test and evaluate it against the specification criteria.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the four parts of the NEA assessment and what does each include?\",\"answer\":\"Investigate covers research, a design brief, and specification; Design covers design ideas, review, refinement, development, and communication; Make covers selecting materials/components, manufacture, and quality/accuracy; Evaluate covers testing against measurable criteria and reflective evaluation including life cycle analysis (LCA).\"},{\"question\":\"How do students choose the contextual challenge and how is the work assessed?\",\"answer\":\"Students select one of six contextual challenges released on 1 June before certification and document the iterative process in a digital portfolio. 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