Technical Graphics
Technical Graphics involves students in the development of the range of skills associated with the management of spatial problems and the graphical communication of spatial ideas and solutions.
Content
Conventions and Standards
Plane Geometry:
” Constructions
” Plane figures
” Loci
” Transformation geometry
” Areas and figures
Descriptive Geometry:
” Orthographic Projection
” Pictorial drawing and projection
” Scaled drawing
” Surface development
Assessment
Technical Graphics is assessed at both Ordinary level and Higher level by means of a terminal examination paper.
Communication Graphics:
” Freehand drawing and sketching
” Graphics in designing
” Computer graphics
Technology is the achievement of human purposes through the disciplined use of materials, energy and natural phenomena. Technology education involves students in developing their knowledge and skills, and in applying these through suitable tasks.
Content
Knowledge and skills:
” Communications
” Craft and materials
” Energy and control
” Technology and Society
Design Procedure:
” Problem identification
” Research of information
” Conceptualisation and modelling
” Production
” Evaluation
Tasks
The set of tasks, through which the student applies his/her knowledge and skills in the process of finding a solution to a problem, involve both progression (from closed to more open-ended tasks) and balance (in terms of range of resources, criteria, and relevance).
Assessment
Junior Certificate Technology is assessed at both Ordinary level and Higher level by means of a terminal examination paper and a student project.
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