GCSE for the 21st century
The first in a series of evaluations of the Twenty first century science GCSE course shows that the course is an improvement on traditional courses
Robin Millar of the University of York has completed the first in a series of evaluations of the Twenty first century science GCSE course.1 The evaluation focused on the first two years of the project's three-year pilot phase, which started in 2003 and involved over 12,000 students and their science teachers in 78 schools and colleges across England. Millar investigated teachers' perceptions of the course in comparison to more traditional science courses and asked them to identify successful or unsuccessful aspects of the course.
Open response questionnaires were distributed to teachers who attended the residential training courses provided by the project team. Responses to the questionnaire were coded on a five-point scale, ranging from very positive to very negative comments.
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