International GCSE Design and Technology: Product Design (9252)

Fast-track the learning of students wanting to focus on product design

If you’re a teacher wanting to specialise, or you have students with a particular interest in product design, this International GCSE Design and Technology course has been created specifically to meet that need.

Build an understanding of the creative and manufacturing processes involved in product design.
Help students grasp core technical principles and their practical, real-world applications in topics such as computer-aided design.
Encourage the application of knowledge from other disciplines, such as Maths and Science.
Effective blend of exam assessment and practical work to ensure theoretical knowledge and practical skills are equally rewarded.

International GCSE Design and Technology: Product Design (9252)

View the switching guide to see the differences between your old International GCSE Design and Technology: Product Design specification and the OxfordAQA specification (version updated September 2023).

OxfordAQA International GCSE Design and Technology: Product Design covers the following topics:

Compulsory content

Core technical principles
Specialist technical principles
Designing and making principles
Design and make task (Non-Examination Assessment)

Specialist technical principles (section B) taught through one or more of the following material categories:

Papers and boards
Timber based materials
Polymers
Metal based materials

OxfordAQA provides the resources and advice you need to get started with the International GCSE Design and Technology: Product Design specification effectively.

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We have too many International GCSE Design and Technology: Product Design resources to list here, so please visit our resources for teachers area to see them all, including:

Schemes of work to allow you to plan how to deliver the specification in a way that will best suit you and your students
Teaching guidance to outline clearly the scope of teaching and learning
Topic tests and mock exam analysers to allow you to track your students’ progress.

Paper 1 – Technical, Designing and Making Principles:

2 hours
100 marks
50% of GCSE

Non-exam assessment (NEA) – Design and Make Task:

Approximately 30-35 hours
100 marks
50% of GCSE

Re-sits

Students may resit this qualification any number of times within the life of the specification.
However, any resit must include the full project process and a new title. Students will be graded on the basis of the work submitted for assessment. Students cannot resit by enhancing previous work.

You must be an approved OxfordAQA centre to enter students for our exams. Make sure you become an OxfordAQA centre before you start teaching a course.

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