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New GCSE Specifications for 2005/6 - Archived
Timeline
What should you be doing, when should you be doing
it and what questions should you be considering in your
department? This timeline overview provides a starting
point check list for your departmental meetings and
developments. Download timeline
and termly overview
Resources on the QCA website - November 2005
A number of useful documents and resources were
developed as a result of the QCA dissemination conferences
that took place in October. These events were run in
collaboration with Ofsted, the Secondary National Strategy
(SNS), the National Advisers and Inspectors Group for
Science (NAIGS) and the Science Learning Centres (SLC),
with those attending receiving a CD-Rom of the resources.
For further information see http://www.qca.org.uk/12265_14377.html
or select from the direct links to the resources:
· Dissemination
conferences on the 2006 changes: evaluation report
· Checklist
for science teachers (SNS)
· Supporting
teachers with the new GCSEs (SNS)
· Running
GCSE science courses in parallel and series (NAIGS)
· Self
evaluation form (NAIGS)
· Writing
a subject evaluation that works (NAIGS)
· Supporting
the introduction of GCSEs (SLC)
National Strategy materials - pedagogical issues in
choosing new GCSE course(s)
A number of handouts and training materials are
available from the National Strategy website, relating
to the extent and implications of the changed Programme
of Study, ideas on teaching and learning pedagogies,
what a new grade C might require and a SWOT analysis
of one of a selection of new specifications. Downloads
and further details can be found at
http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/keystage3/respub/sc_slaut05x
Coverage on Teachers TV
The following programmes relating to the new GCSEs
can be viewed online or downloaded, including first
hand experiences from those involved with the twenty-first
century science pilot and clips of classroom science
lessons.
New
Science Courses - How relevant is national curriculum
science to our everyday world?
Twenty-First
Century Science 1 - A look at the piloting of the new
GCSE
Twenty-First
Century Science 2 - Evaluating the pilot scheme's success
ASE articles and information
The new science curriculum at key stage 4 strongly featured
in the June 2005 edition of Education in Science from
the ASE, including the articles:
Editorial Meeting the challenge of curriculum change
by Andrew Hunt
The new science curriculum at key stage 4 by Jennifer
Burden
Twenty First Century Science by Jennifer Burden
The Appliance of Science by Bob Ponchaud
Meeting the challenge of the 2006 reform by Marianne
Cutler and Adrian Fenton
These Articles can be downloaded from http://www.ase.org.uk/htm/journals/eis/eis_june_2005.php
Presentation materials overviewing the changes
Adrian Fenton and Marianne Cutler's presentation formed
the basis of sessions at recent ASE Area Conferences.
This reviews the stages in development for the changes,
comparing what's on offer from the various exam boards
and raising questions that Heads of Science should be
asking to help them make their decisions.
New GCSE Science Specifications for 2006 - download
PowerPoint presentation
Further supportive materials from the Royal Society
of Chemistry
A useful PowerPoint Presentation was shown at the National
Meeting for Teachers of Chemistry, which looks at the
draft specifications for 2006 and overviews the choices
to be made. This presentation and an accompanying thirteen
page comparison of the different exam boards' approaches
can be downloaded from their website
http://www.rsc.org/Education/Teachers/NewGCSEs2006.asp
ASE and Royal Society Joint Conference
In April, the Royal Society and ASE held a joint
conference addressing how to best support the needs
of science teachers in preparing for the GCSE changes
from September 2006. This was attended by science teachers
together with a wide array of representatives from QCA,
DfES, Awarding Bodies, Secondary Strategy, Science Learning
Centres, professional bodies, Specialist Schools Trust,
science advisors and industry at the all day event.
Presentations from the Conference
The following PowerPoint Presentations and the programme
for the day provides an idea of the what was discussed
and addressed:
The vision for 2006: background, expectations and implementation
schedule, Mark Orrow-Whiting, Science Consulting Team,
QCA
Mark
Orrow Whiting PowerPoint
Information needs of teachers, heads of department and
head teachers, Marianne Cutler, Director, Curriculum
Development, ASE
Marianne
Cutler presentation
Lessons learnt from the Twenty-First Century Science
pilot, Jennifer Burden, Twenty-First Century Science
Project
Jennifer
Burden PowerPoint
Download
Programme for the day pdf
Download full report
of meeting pdf
Evaluation and analysis of the 21st Century Science
pilot GCSEs
QCA commissioned an evaulation of this pilot and the
report was published in February 2005. It can be accessed
online at http://www.qca.org.uk/12633.html
Further Curriculum Support materials can be found in
the members section of the ASE website. Click
here to login
If you have any questions or comments regarding these
developments then please Email adrianfenton@ase.org.uk
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