4. Is it time to put GCSE history out of its misery?

 

 

4.1 Simon Harrison - Great popularity for GCSE and A Level history amongst students and great teaching. Problems with the structure and limitations of GCSE.

 

4.2 Audience response - The problems with source driven assessment. GCSE history uninspiring for students.

 

4.3 Alison Stephen - Teacher responsibility.

 

 

4.4 Audience response - History in Academies. Students being steered away from history.

 

4.5 Claire Buxton - Positive stories of history in academies and the E Bac.

 

 

4.6 Michael Riley - GCSE History: Reductionist formulaic assessment and narrow content focus . History not matching recent scholarship. Break up the inertia caused by the three awarding bodies.