Andrews - AQA Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)

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Christine Andrews 2019

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Learning outcomes

Find out which skills the chapter will cover.

Tip

Get practical advice to apply to your Extended Project.

Activity

Guide your progression with activities to help you plan and implement your Extended Project.

Example

Be inspired by new ideas and ways to approach your Extended Project.

Checklist

At the end of each chapter, check that you can tick off each point to succeed in your Extended Project.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this chapter you should know:

what the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) involves

what the role of an EPQ centre coordinator is

what the nature of an EPQ product is

how your Extended Project (EP) will be judged for quality

what the purpose of your EPQ Production Log is

how to make best use of your EPQ supervisor

why undertaking an EP would be a great thing for you to do

Well, lets start with some reasons that might be suggested to you:

Why are these reasons unsatisfactory?

Because, even though some of these suggested reasons are valid, if you do not have a genuine interest and enthusiasm for your selected EPQ topic you will not find it easy to motivate yourself or to achieve a quality outcome.

You should undertake an Extended Project if there is a topic or aspect of the world around you that you have genuine curiosity about and if you would like to gain the skills to allow you to satisfy this curiosity. If you decide to undertake an EP, you will choose the topic to be researched a choice that will be solely owned by you.

When and if you complete your EP, you will have every right to feel proud of yourself. For this qualification, you can take all the credit. You will have discovered facts, ideas, techniques and opinions from different places, people and other sources.