CHECKLIST
Research Essay:
Does it allow candidates to explore the 5 Key Concepts?
Does it negotiate an issue and/or debate?
Is it contemporary?
Is there a list of text(s)?
Does it go beyond MEST3 topic areas?
Is it synoptic?
Does it answer the question ‘why’rather than ‘how’?
Does it encourage independent research and critical autonomy?
Is it truly individual?
Does it avoid the cliché – (women in the media etc)
Would it end up just being a list of facts?
Practical Production:
What are the links between the essay and the practical?
Will the practical exemplify issues raised in the essay?
Does it go beyond the MEST2 artefacts?
Is it independent of the MEST2 artefact?
Have we even been given info about the practical?
Is it substantial enough for an A2 exercise?
Does it seem to be more than just an ‘add-on’?