After running our Choosing and Planning course five times at the Centre, our summary and comparative grids have been well and truly honed. Thanks to all the course participants who pointed out the odd anomaly or suggested a clearer way of presenting the information. The grids are all the better for their input. Nonetheless, they come with our usual health warning – always check back with the full spec before making a final decision or beginning course planning.
For those of you still grappling with 12 specs or agonising over which route to take, the Awarding Body summaries condense onto one page, the different offers of each Board. The comparative grids take each subject in turn to highlight the ways in which each Awarding Body has tackled key aspects of the subject. This is where to go if, for example, you want a quick overview of how non-fiction or Shakespeare has been covered for English by each Awarding Body, or which Awarding Bodies test Shakespeare in Controlled Assessment rather than exam.
For those of you who have taken the plunge already we hope you will find the grids a useful aide memoire for the specs you have opted for.
Click here to view the summary grids: http://www.englishandmedia.org.uk/blog/EMCGCSE2010grids.pdf
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