Posted on March 6, 2008 by scienceconsultant
Continuing the theme of assessment the next few posts are going to involve a trek around the QCA website to summarise the information and exemplification found there.
The QCA ‘Assessment and the Curriculum‘ page is a good starting point when considering how you will monitor the day to day progress of students as they traverse [...]
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Posted on January 29, 2008 by scienceconsultant
The personal learning and thinking skills (pronounced plaits, pelts and even petals depending on who you are speaking to) are the foundation stone on which the new curriculum is being built and the consistent theme that blends KS3 and KS4 learning. The philosophical shift from subject specific, content driven teaching to skills-focused, cross-curricular learning [...]
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Posted on January 18, 2008 by scienceconsultant
This site has been set up as a means of collaborating, communicating ideas and sharing information about impending changes to the national curriculum. To use a popular phrase, the changes will be truly “root and branch” and require a rethink in terms of philosophy, pedagogy and the way in which teachers and pupils interact. This [...]
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