Ron,
The press release on the Ofsted website has a slightly more positive tone including suggestion that a new GCSE course was proving a lot better. I can't find the actual report though.
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.details&id=1630
Best wishes
John
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From: Ron Johnston [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 25 November 2004 11:50
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Subject: Re: Children 'failed in geography'
Has anybody found the full report on the OFSTED website,
as against just the pr4ess releaseon which the BBC story
was based/
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 16:35:50 -0000 "Canning J." <[log in to unmask]>
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> As a geographer now working in a languages department, I am used to reading articles about problems in language teaching in schools and how this impacts upon future student numbers studying languages in Higher Education. However, it seems that there are difficulties closer to home.
> John
> Geography is the worst-taught subject in primary school and fewer teenagers are choosing to study it, England's school inspectors say.
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4038463.stm
>
> Dr John Canning
> Academic Coordinator (Area Studies)
> Modern Languages
> University of Southampton
> Southampton
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> Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
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>
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