2014/10195 Media Production and Analysis | ATAR | a summary of syllabus changes

MediaProductionandAnalysis:ATARasummaryofsyllabuschanges
ThistablesummarisesthemainchangesthathaveoccurredintheprocessofadaptingStage2andStage3
ofthiscourseintoYear11andYear12syllabusesforimplementationin2015(Year11)and2016(Year12).
Contentchanges

Overall
Therationalerewrittentoreflectchangesinsyllabuscontentandtoupdateconcepts
andterminology
Contentorganisersmodifiedfromthecurrentfour(medialanguage,audiences,
productioncontext,skillsandprocesses)tofive(medialanguages,representation,
audience,production,skillsandprocesses)
Descriptionofthecontentorganisersrevisedandupdated
Contentchanges

Year11specific
TheStage2unitsrevisedwithsomemodificationtocontent,withsomedotpointsbeing
removed,combinedorrewrittentoclarifytheintentoftheoriginalconceptandfocusof
theunit
Contentchanges

Year12specific
TheStage3unitsrevisedwithsomemodificationtocontent,withsomedotpointsbeing
removed,combinedorrewrittentoclarifytheintentoftheoriginalconceptandfocusof
theunit
Changestothe
assessmenttable

Year11
BasedonpreviousMediaProductionandAnalysisWACEcourseassessmenttable
Examinationhasbeenaddedasaseparatetype(butnoexaminationdesignbriefis
providedasYear11syllabuseshavenoWACEexam)
Investigationhasbeenremovedtobetterreflecttheexpectationofsyllabus
assessment.Theresultisamoreappropriateshifttoresponse.Thisprovidesgreater
flexibilityforteachersindevelopingwrittenassessmenttasks
Changestothe
assessmenttable

Year12
AspertheYear11assessmenttableexceptthatitisspecifiedthatthesemester
examinationsneedtoreflecttheexaminationdesignbriefofthecourse
Therequirementthatatleastoneproductionbecompletedoverthecourseofthetwo
unitsprovidesteacherswithgreaterflexibilityindesigningthepracticalcomponentto
fulfiltheexternal(practical)productionrequirements
Changesto
assessmenttype
weightings

Year11
Weightingsofeachassessmenttypearefixed
Response30%previously2030%
Production50%previously4060%
Examination20%nowreflectspartoftheoriginalfunctionoftheresponseassessment
typewhichwaspreviouslysetat2030%
Changesto
assessmenttype
weightings

Year12
Weightingsofeachassessmenttypearefixed
Response20%previously2030%
Production50%previously3555%
Examination30%nowreflectspartoftheoriginalfunctionoftheresponseassessment
typewhichwaspreviously2535%
Examinationdesignbriefchanges
Section/srenamed Nil
Section/sformator
weighting
Written:
ChangestothesuggestedworkingtimeSectionOne30minutes,previously45minutes
SectionTwo120minutes,previously105minutes.Thechangesweremadetomore
accuratelyreflecttheweightingofeachsectionandthereforetimespentoncompleting
thesections.
Practical:
Theorderofthemediaareasthepractical(production)examinationcanbesubmittedin
havebeenreorderedalphabetically.
Sectionsremoved Nil
Sectionsadded Nil

2014/10195 Media Production and Analysis | ATAR | a summary of syllabus changes

Otherchanges
Written:
Changestothesupportinginformationtoprovidegreaterclarityontherequirementsof
eachsection(forexampletheinclusionofthesentenceEachquestionwillfocusonone
concept.
Practical:
ThemediaareaOnlineproductionchangedtoDigitalproductiontobetterreflectthe
natureoftheproductiontype.
Printproductionstatesthatthelengthbenomorethan12singlesidedor6doublesided
pagesratherthanpreviously10A3pages.Thechangesweremadeforlogisticsof
printingtheproductionforsubmission.