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Proposed Changes to A-Level Geography Assessment

We have become aware of advice from QCA to the DfES to abandon coursework assessment at A-level. If this happens, we would be fearful about the status afforded to fieldwork and individual enquiry in geography. Would it also presage moves to abolish coursework at GCSE? A series of official letters and responses to these proposals are featured below.

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If you feel strongly about these issues, why not write to your local MP, or to the Secretary of State for Education? He can be contacted at:

The Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP
Secretary of State for Education
Department for Education and Skills
Sanctuary Buildings
Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT

Letter from David Lambert and Rita Gardner to Ken Boston, CE QCA (52k)
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Letter from John Hopkin to Alan Johnson MP (57k)
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Letter from Brian Chalkley to Alan Johnson MP (46k)
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Response from GA Post 16 & HE Phase Committee (1) (50k)
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Response from GA Post 16 & HE Phase Committee (2) (48k)
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Response from GA Pilot GCSE Team (50k)
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Response from GA Teacher Education Working Group (763k)
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Letter from Jerry Jarvis, MD Edexcel to Ken Boston, CE QCA (37k)
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Letter from Tim Foster, FSC, to local MP (49k)
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Letter from Tony Thomas, Chief Executive FSC, to Alan Johnson MP (46k)
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QCA Report: A Review of GCE and GCSE Coursework Arrangements (1.5M)
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You may also be interested in the Fieldwork page of this website containing material from our Fieldwork Month which followed the announcement of the proposed Manifesto for Education Outside the Classroom last year.

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