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Tag Archives: A Level
Tips to Teachers – the system is broken
This morning the news is filled with coverage of a Daily Telegraph story which uncovered exam boards tipping off teachers as to which questions they should prepare their students for, and key phrases they should use. Michael Gove, the Education … Continue reading
So you want to be a geologist
With many schools running options evening in the upcoming months, I thought I’d put a post together which answers a lot of the questions which I’ve been asked over the years – namely those which amount to “how do you … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Chemistry, Education, Geology, Physics, Science
Tagged A Level, Earth science, Education, General Certificate of Secondary Education, Geology, Science
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The miracle generation
For the 29th year running, we have record A Level results. Now, given that exam difficulty is supposedly set based on previous exams, we can assume that the chances of one years results being higher or lower than the previous … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Media & Perception
Tagged A Level, Education, Examination board, results, statistics
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Advanced Level rock bothering – what should we do with A Level Geology?
The Geological Society of London have recently published an article about how brilliant it is that there appears to be an upturn in the number of people picking up Geology A Levels in the UK. I’m not so sure that … Continue reading
Posted in Education, General, Geology, Science
Tagged A Level, Education, GCSE, Geological Society of London, Geology, Public Engagement, Science
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