1 / 12

Government and Politics Autumn CPD 2012 GP1 and GP2

Government and Politics Autumn CPD 2012 GP1 and GP2. Skills issues at AS level. Better time management/ sustained responses across 2 whole questions Little evidence of planning (esp part (c)) Handwriting issues – illegibility and informality Careless usage of terminology Accuracy issues.

elle
Download Presentation

Government and Politics Autumn CPD 2012 GP1 and GP2

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Government and PoliticsAutumn CPD 2012GP1 and GP2

  2. Skills issues at AS level • Better time management/ sustained responses across 2 whole questions • Little evidence of planning (esp part (c)) • Handwriting issues – illegibility and informality • Careless usage of terminology • Accuracy issues

  3. Skills issues at AS level • Part (a) – many candidates earn 4 or 5 marks. • Better on GP2 than GP1 (slightly) • Advice remains: • Define • Develop • Fact or example About 4-5 lines in total

  4. Skills issues at AS level • Part (b) • Main problems: • Lack of range (only one point made) • Essay response (too long) • Descriptive response (explanation is needed) • Lists without development • Insufficient use of extract

  5. Skills issues at AS level • Part (b) advice remains: • 3 factors or reasons is about right (3 paragraphs) • At least 1 will be in the extract • Need to explain not just describe PEELformula, ‘explain’ words (see Teacher Guide) • No requirement for an introduction and conclusion

  6. Skills issues at AS level • Part (c) – improving slowly! • Too many candidates with good knowledge stuck at level 2 • Too many essays that are a list of points; no indication of how they answer the question set • Too much description; not enough focus and analysis • Incorrect assertions/ generalisations

  7. Skills issues at AS level • What ensures candidates reach level 3 for part (c)? • Deal with the view in the question first – range, arguments,focus/ structure • Deal with counter-arguments next – range, arguments, focus/structure • Cover most/ all of the topic area in the spec - range • Relevant example for each paragraph – range and depth • Apply K&U to specific question set (PEEL), no ‘model answers’ – depth,arguments, focus • Brief introduction, conclusion that sums up overall answer to question set – arguments, focus/structure AO1AO2 AO3

  8. Skills issues at AS level • Implications for teaching: • Balance of content teaching to skills teaching • Progressive development of skills • Skills practice/ use of scripts • Clarity about what is examined in each topic area (Teacher Guide) • Need to build in identification of examples • Balance of range to depth: candidates need to be able to adapt and use the range of knowledge they have, and develop it

  9. Issues of content – GP1 • Topic 1 – models of voting behaviour, importance of partisan alignment today, knowledge of core voting for major and minor parties • Topic 2 – focus on systems in the specification: FPTP, AMS, STV, AV is not there (and not in use in UK). Accuracy of knowledge of how they work. Referendums are not an electoral system (see Teacher Guide)

  10. Issues of content – GP1 • Topic 3 – detailed knowledge across a range of parties, factions, examples of parties’ impact, Wales • Topic 4 – examples of pressure group success (case studies?), New Social Movements

  11. Issues of content – GP2 • Topic 1 – the judiciary, range of arguments about whether the UK needs a written constitution, how the British Constitution works in practice • Topic 2 – detailed K&U of the 3 functions in the specification for both Westminster and Wales: how they work, and how effective they are

  12. Issues of content – GP2 • Topic 3 – the dynamism and interdependence of the institutions of the Core Executive, recent developments, examples of special advisors at Westminster and Wales levels • Topic 4 – local government

More Related