Teaching activity
Latest thoughts on the new proposed Politics specifications
22nd September 2016
Yesterday I attended the free exam board launch events / CPD in London - certainly lots of debate and discussion about how much weighting should be placed on ideologies for the full A level, amongst many other issues!
You can download my notes from the events here: (Politics New 2017 Specs Update)
And if you want a reminder of the proposed changes, you can take another look at my specification comparison document here.
As you might imagine, there is a robust discussion going on amongst over 160 A Level Politics teachers over on the A Level Politics Teacher Community on Facebook - if you are not already taking part, come over to join in!
Ruth Tarrant
Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.
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