http://store.aqa.org.uk/qual/gce/pdf/AQA-2570-W-TRB-U04CHECK.PDF
Research Essay:
Does it allow candidates to explore the 5 Key Concepts? (rep, audience, narrative, media language, (ideology, technical codes) institution)
Does it negotiate an issue and/or debate?
Is it contemporary? (within 5 years from 2009)
Is there a list of text(s)? (bibliography)
Does it go beyond MEST3 topic areas? (Reps and New Media)
Is it synoptic?
Does it answer the question ‘why’ rather than ‘how’?
Does it encourage independent research and critical autonomy?
Is it truly individual?
Does it avoid the clich̩ Р(women in the media etc)
Would it end up just being a list of facts?
Practical Production:
What are the links between the essay and the practical?
Will the practical exemplify issues raised in the essay?
Does it go beyond the MEST2 artefacts?
Is it independent of the MEST2 artefact?
Have we even been given info about the practical?
Is it substantial enough for an A2 exercise?
Does it seem to be more than just an ‘add-on’?
1. Institution needs to be commented upon and others need more detail
ReplyDelete2. Include a debate or issue that might be negotiated
3. It is contemporary
4. Yes there is a list of texts
5. I think so...
6. Yes it is synoptic