13TEX - Textiles - NCEA Level 3
Subject Description
Teacher in Charge: Mrs R. Winn.
13 Textiles - NCEA Level 3
Course Statement: | Textiles Design has evolved rapidly over recent years to become a varied, creative course within Technology, including sustainability and environmental consideration. This course continues to develop textile technology skills: through conceptual design, freehand sketching, pattern orientation and digital textiles. These are explored through researching and refining ideas to answer a brief, including business concepts for the production of a final outcome. Fabric manipulation with a range of fabrics, trialing a varied range of applied design skills, including designing and digitalising on a computer and then embroidering out using a specialised machine. All work covered is in the form of assessments throughout the course. Ultimately this develops students' understanding of textile design and the process of creating an extensive Textile Design portfolio.This course is an ‘approved subject’ for University Entrance. Scholarship in Design and Visual Communication/Textiles: Students who enter Scholarship are required to demonstrate a higher level of critical and creative design thinking. |
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Course prerequisites
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Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
External
NZQA Info
Generic Technology 3.3 - Develop a conceptual design considering fitness for purpose in the broadest sense
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Construction and Mechanical Technologies 3.21 - Implement complex procedures using textile materials to make a specified product
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Construction and Mechanical Technologies 3.23 - Implement complex procedures to create an applied design for a specified product
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Design and Visual Communication 3.30 - Initiate design ideas through exploration
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 20
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.
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