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Who's to blame for the new English literature GCSEs?

May 30, 2014 | Category: English
The sound and fury surrounding text choices for GCSE English literature just won’t go away. The exam boards got their digs in first with Paul Dodd of OCR claiming Gove wanted to ban US authors because...
#GCSE #English literature #AQA #Michael Gove #Jonathan Bate #OCR

Is teaching cheating?

Nov 26, 2012 | Category: assessment
[caption id="attachment_2179" align="alignnone" width="259"] The Teachmobile[/caption]Today I was sent this:[slideshare id=15358374&sc=no]It purports to be a briefing sheet used by an AQA advisor to j...
#English #AQA #GCSE fiasco

Slow Writing: how slowing down can improve your writing

May 12, 2012 | Category: English
NB - my latest thinking on Slow Writing can be found here.Exam season is nearly upon us and English departments across the land will be gearing up to the Herculean labour of training students to churn...
#AQA #Slow Writing #writing

Teaching to the test

Dec 08, 2011 | Category: assessment
In the light of the Telegraph's revelations that, shock! horror!, examiners tell teachers how to prepare students for exams it seems an opportune moment to reflect on the past two days. The chest thum...
#SOLO taxonomy #Tait Coles #AQA #English Language GCSE #The Telegraph

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