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Food and Technology

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Accreditation period - Units 1-4: 2006-2010

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Curriculum

• Study Design (PDF - 214KB)
  Details on areas of study, outcomes and assessment for Food and Technology Units 1-4: 2006-2010. For details of how to purchase a hardcopy of the VCE Food and Technology Study Design, please refer to Publications.
• Study Summary (DOC - 48KB)
  A summary of the VCE Food and Technology Study Design for 2006-2010.

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Assessment

• Assessment Handbook (DOC - 261KB)
  Contains assessment advice for both School-assessed Coursework and the examination including the examination criteria.
• 2009 Advice for School Assessment (PDF - 846KB)
  VCAA Bulletin, Supplement 1, February 2009.
  This Supplement is in two sections:
  • Section A contains general information on school assessment including timelines, coursework audit, visitation and authentication.
  • Section B includes Review by visitation - school checklist form, School-assessed Task assessment sheets and criteria for 2009.
• Additional teacher comment sheet (PDF - 36KB)
  This comment sheet should be completed in instances where competencies may not have been clearly demonstrated in the student's final presentation.
• Authentication Record form for School-assessed Tasks (PDF - 56 KB)
• Examination Reports
  Find past exams and sample exams for Food and Technology.
• School Assessed Task and School Assessed Coursework Reports
  Find school assessed task and school assessed coursework reports for Food and Technology.

 

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Support Material

• Frequently Asked Questions
  Questions raised at the 2005 VCE Food and Technology implementation workshops.
• Table of Complex Processes (March 2006, DOC - 77KB)
  Provides additional information about different complex processes for the School-assessed Task (Unit 4, Area of Study 1).
• Developing an effective design brief for the VCE Food and Technology School-assessed task (PPT - 76KB)
  Provides an outline and examples of how to develop an effective design brief.
• Professional Development
  • Home Economics Victoria
    (www.homeeconomics.com.au)

 

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Articles and Excellence

• VCE Season of Excellence
  An annual festival of works created by top VCE students. Includes previous Top Designs and information about exhibition.
• Designed to Inspire (www.museumvictoria.com.au/design)
  View student folios from previous VCE Top Designs exhibitions.

 

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Review

 

 

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Consultation

Consultation is now closed.

The Food and Technology Writing Team will consider all responses to the consultation draft before a final draft of the study design is prepared.

The final draft of the study design will be considered by the Board of the VCAA in October 2009. Updates on the progress of the review are published in the VCAA Bulletin VCE, VCAL and VET regularly.

 

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The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority publishes administrative advice and regulations for the VCE in the VCE and VCAL Administrative Handbook 2009. Changes to advice and regulations occur during the year. The details of all such changes are published in the VCAA Bulletin and VCAA Bulletin P–10 on a regular basis. It is essential that VCE teachers familiarise themselves with advice and regulations in the VCE and VCAL Administrative Handbook and regularly check the VCAA Bulletin.