AQA GCE Travel and Tourism Teachers' Guide

169 Pages·2007·0.86 MB·English

version 1.3: 0207

General Certificate of Education

Travel and Tourism
A Teachers(cid:146) Guide

GCE ADVANCED SUBSIDIARY (8651)
GCE ADVANCED SUBSIDIARY (DOUBLE AWARD) (8653)
GCE ADVANCED (8656)
GCE ADVANCED (DOUBLE AWARD) (8659)
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A Teachers(cid:146) Guide (cid:150) AQA Advanced Subsidiary and Advanced Level (cid:150) Travel and Tourism

Contents

Background Information

1 Introduction 4

2 Specification at a Glance 5

3 The New Examination 8

Scheme of Assessment

4 External Assessment 9

5 Portfolio 20

Course Organisation

6 Delivery of the Course 85

7 Schemes of Work 143

Key Skills and Other Issues

8 Key Skills 150

9 Resources 164

10 Awarding and Reporting 166

11 Glossary of Terms 168

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Background Information

1 Introduction

This Teachers(cid:146) Guide has been provided to assist teachers and
lecturers in their preparation for the delivery of courses based on the
new AQA Advanced Subsidiary (AS) and Advanced Level
(A Level) in Travel and Tourism. The guide should be read in
conjunction with the specification and the specimen material that
accompanies it. These are available in hard copy and also on the
AQA Website (www.aqa.org.uk).
All Advanced Vocational Certificate of Education (VCE)
specifications have been revised to meet the requirements of the
Subject Criteria produced by QCA and to introduce an AS course of
study and assessment requirements. The title of these
specifications, GCE Advanced Subsidiary and GCE Advanced
Level, reflect these changes. In the development of the
specifications, AQA has taken into consideration the specifications
it currently offers at this level and has attempted, wherever possible,
to include those aspects that are known to be attractive to teachers
and candidates.
All AQA AS/A Level specifications have unit-based structures and
this guide will assist teachers in the planning of the courses,
explaining, where appropriate, the implications of the availability of
assessment units.
This guide shows how Key Skills can be acquired and
demonstrated, indicating the potential for their delivery through this
specification, and providing details of any instances where the
evidence of Key Skills achievement will be demonstrated
automatically.

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2 Specification at a Glance
Travel and Tourism
2.1 Qualifications available GCE Advanced Subsidiary Single Award (3 AS units)
Units: 1*, 2, 3
GCE Advanced Subsidiary Double Award (6 AS units)
Units: 1*, 2, 3, 4, 5* and either Unit 6 or Unit 7
GCE Advanced Level Single Award (3 AS + 3 A2 units)
Units: 1*, 2, 3
Plus units: 8, 9*, 10
GCE Advanced Level Double Award (6 AS + 6 A2 units)
Units: 1*, 2, 3, 4, 5* and either Unit 6 or Unit 7
Plus units: 8, 9*, 10, 11*, 12 and either Unit 13 or Unit 14
Units marked with an asterisk will be assessed externally. All other
units will be assessed internally through portfolio evidence.
2.2 Requirements for In order to obtain the GCE Advanced Subsidiary Single Award, the
GCE Advanced Subsidiary entry code 8651 must be used and candidates must take the
Single Award following units:

Unit Title

AS Unit 1* (TT01) Inside Travel and Tourism

AS Unit 2 (TT02) Travel and Tourism (cid:150) A People Industry

AS Unit 3 (TT03) Travel Destinations

Available for award from 2006.

Units marked with an asterisk will be assessed externally. All other
units will be assessed internally through portfolio evidence.

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2.3 Requirements for GCE In order to obtain the GCE Advanced Subsidiary Double Award, the
Advanced Subsidiary Double entry code 8653 must be used and candidates must take the
Award following units:

Unit Title

AS Unit 1* (TT01) Inside Travel and Tourism

AS Unit 2 (TT02) Travel and Tourism (cid:150) A People Industry

AS Unit 3 (TT03) Travel Destinations

AS Unit 4 (TT04) Working in Travel and Tourism

AS Unit 5* (TT05) Marketing in Travel and Tourism

Plus either AS Unit 6 (TT06) Tourism in the UK

or AS Unit 7 (TT07) Overseas Destination Study

Available for award from 2006.

Units marked with an asterisk will be assessed externally. All other
units will be assessed internally through portfolio evidence.
2.4 Requirements for In order to obtain the GCE Advanced Level Single Award, the entry
GCE Advanced Level Single code 8656 must be used and candidates must take the following
Award units:

Unit Title

AS Unit 1* (TT01) Inside Travel and Tourism

AS Unit 2 (TT02) Travel and Tourism (cid:150) A People Industry

AS Unit 3 (TT03) Travel Destinations

A2 Unit 8 (TT08) Travel and Tourism Project

A2 Unit 9* (TT09) Travel and Tourism (cid:150) People and Quality

A2 Unit 10 (TT10) Current Issues in Travel and Tourism

Available for award from 2007.

Units marked with an asterisk will be assessed externally. All other
units will be assessed internally through portfolio evidence.

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2.5 Requirements for In order to obtain the GCE Advanced Level Double Award, the
GCE Advanced Level Double entry code 8659 must be used and candidates must take the
Award following units:

Unit Title

AS Unit 1* (TT01) Inside Travel and Tourism

AS Unit 2 (TT02) Travel and Tourism (cid:150) A People Industry

AS Unit 3 (TT03) Travel Destinations

AS Unit 4 (TT04) Working in Travel and Tourism

AS Unit 5* (TT05) Marketing in Travel and Tourism

Plus either AS Unit 6 (TT06) Tourism in the UK

or AS Unit 7 (TT07) Overseas Destination Study

A2 Unit 8 (TT08) Travel and Tourism Project

A2 Unit 9* (TT09) Travel and Tourism (cid:150) People and Quality

A2 Unit 10 (TT10) Current Issues in Travel and Tourism

A2 Unit 11*(TT11) Impacts of Tourism

A2 Unit 12 (TT12) Business Operations in Travel and Tourism

Plus either A2 Unit 13 (TT13) Management in Travel and Tourism

or A2 Unit 14 (TT14) Special Interest/Activity Holidays

Available for award from 2007.

Units marked with an asterisk will be assessed externally. All other
units will be assessed internally through portfolio evidence.

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3 The New Examination

3.1 Introduction This new Advanced Level specification is composed of two parts.
The first part is the new Advanced Subsidiary, which is a free-
standing qualification. It may be combined with the second part,
A2, to form the Advanced Level qualification. The A2 does not
constitute a free-standing qualification in its own right.
Candidates may study a range of units at either AS or AS and A2 to
meet the requirements for Single or Double Award qualifications.
3.2 Advanced Subsidiary As well as forming the first half of the Advanced Level, the
Advanced Subsidiary (AS) may be used as a stand-alone
qualification.
The AS has been designed to provide progression from GCSE and
other Level 2 qualifications to Advanced Level. The units that
comprise the AS qualifications will contain and assess the skills,
knowledge and understanding typically developed during the first
year of a two-year Advanced Level course.
3.3 A2 The A2 modules and assessment units will be more demanding than
those in the AS.

3.4 Advantages of the new The unit-based structure of AS/Advanced Levels should be seen as
structure the building blocks from which each candidate(cid:146)s curriculum may be
developed. The demands (time and level) of each unit at AS or A2
in this new specification are equivalent to those in all other GCE
specifications.
3.5 Synoptic assessment This is an assessment that tests candidates(cid:146) understanding of the
connections between the different elements of the subject, ensuring
that they have an overall grasp of the subject and not merely
six/twelve separate units of knowledge. Synoptic assessment is
included in the assessment scheme of A2 units only.
In this specification synoptic assessment is delivered through units
8, 10 and 11.

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Scheme of Assessment

4 External Assessment

4.1 Introduction to the external There are four externally set and marked examinations for Travel
assessments and Tourism:
TT01: Inside Travel and Tourism AS Single Award
TT05: Marketing in Travel and AS Double Award
Tourism
TT09: Travel and Tourism (cid:150) People and A2 Single Award
Quality
TT11: Impacts of Tourism A2 Double Award

TT01 and TT05 are set at AS standard, which is between GCSE
standard and Advanced Level standard. This means that these
examinations should be more accessible than the examinations that
have traditionally been set for VCE Travel and Tourism.
TT09 and TT12 are set at the A2 standard.
When first planning courses for the new specification teachers will
have the specimen papers that were produced at the same time as
the specification for some guidance as to the form that the new
examinations will take. The nature and style of the examination
papers will develop from the Specimen Assessment Materials and
Mark Schemes (SAMS).
The style and content of the operational papers will develop from
the specimen papers in several important ways:
• the operational papers will provide more structure for
candidates. Candidates will be given more guidance as to
exactly what should be included in their answers
• the questions in the operational papers will be as transparent
as possible, using the command words as listed on pages 17(cid:150)
19, so that candidates are clear on what is expected of them

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• the operational papers will include a wide variety of question
types, some including unseen stimulus material. This will be
so even for TT09, although the preparatory folder that a
candidate takes into the examination might appear to make
such material unnecessary. Provision of some stimulus in
the question paper will allow a varied and interesting series
of papers to be set over the next few years. Stimulus
material, as far as possible, will be taken from real industry
sources, to keep the industry context alive
• teachers and candidates need to understand that question
papers will not simply be (cid:145)clones(cid:146) of the preceding paper or
of the specimen paper; a certain flexibility in the number and
style of questions asked (except for TT09, which will always
involve four tasks) should be expected. The style of pre-
release material (TT05 and TT11) may also vary from one
examination to another (cid:150) for example, the pre-release
material for a January paper might be a 4-page magazine-
type article to study and that for the June paper might be
something longer, with data tables, graphs, etc. Candidates
need to become accustomed not to expect an identical format
each time. Again, as far as possible, pre-release material
will be taken from industry sources
• for papers involving pre-release materials, candidates will be
expected to have researched a number of organisations
during their study of the unit, and questions will not be
based solely on the pre-release material: other aspects of the
specification will also be covered.
4.2 Preparing candidates for Specific guidance and advice on preparation of candidates for the
external assessment examinations is given in the sections devoted to delivery of the
individual units. This section gives more general advice.
The Assessment Objectives It is worth studying the Assessment Objectives on pages 16(cid:150)17 of
the specification, and then seeing how these are allocated to the
various units or papers (specification, pages 20 and 24). This will
show how candidates will be assessed at AS and A2. It should also
give teachers some guidance on how to prepare their candidates to
answer questions. They need to achieve the following objectives:
• Knowledge, Skills and Understanding (AO1) focuses on
what needs to be learnt. Note that this basic skill is weighted
most heavily in Unit 1

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