hello
most of you are probably aware that the new qca regulations for gcse applied
business include 60% ‘controlled assessment’ – they also say that ‘research
may be completed under limited supervision’ i.e. teachers will only be expected
to enforce a ‘low level of control’ because ‘some work may be completed
without direct supervision and will not contribute directly to assessable
outcomes’
i understand the practicalities of controlling ‘where and when’ some of the
research is completed – however the assumption that such research may not
directly affect the student’s submitted work [and therefore warrants a lesser
degree of control] is a little naive at its best, and quite foolhardy at its worst –
a relaxed approach to the supervision of research would only serve to
encourage the incidents of plagiarism that riddled the predecessor to this new
system
the qca’s efforts to introduce a sliding scale of assessment control is quite
admirable, but i can’t help wondering if the underlying motivation is clearly
known to themselves [let alone made clear to the rest of the business-
teaching community] – is this just a way of formally recognising that we had
little control over the research stage in the past, and formally accepting that
we will continue to have little control over it in the future?
comments please!
TJ
business lecturer [cheshire]
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