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Home / Secondary / CPD / Free for members / What sort of history should school history be? Debate Podcast / Is it time to put GCSE history out of it's misery? (Part 2)

Is it time to put GCSE history out of it's misery? (Part 2)

 

4.7 Michael Riley - Let's radically reform GCSE - to what? give students an entitlement to diversity and a range of periods.

 

4.8 Ben Walsh - What should we replace GCSE history with?

  • Bad practice in KS3 and 4.
  • Pressure on teachers to choose safety first and counter intuitive procedures.

 

4.9 Michael Riley - A need to widen content and to involve scholars and academics in the redesign of specifications.

 

4.10 Simon Schama - the history of religion.

 


Attached files:

  • 4.7 Michael Riley
    1.44 MB MP3 file
  • 4.8 Ben Walsh
    6.17 MB MP3 file
  • 4.9 Michael Riley
    1.58 MB MP3 file
  • 4.10 Simon Schama
    2.1 MB MP3 file

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  • Introduction
  • What is the purpose of school history?
  • What role does narrative have in a revised national curriculum?
  • What level of prescription would the panel be happy with in the national curriculum in history?
  • Is it time to put GCSE history out of its misery? 

    Is it time to put GCSE history out of its misery? (Part 1)

    Is it time to put GCSE history out of it's misery? (Part 2)

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