Why The Latest News on GCSE and A-level Exams 2022 Is Pivotal For Post-Covid Education
Last week, the Department of Education and Ofqual announced that GCSE and A-Level Exams 2022 will go ahead as normal, after two years of disruptions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Sarah Watson, vice principal of DLD College London, explains why the date of this announcement will go down in education history.
The 7th ?February 2022 is a date that may become more pivotal than we realise in the history of British and global education. After two uncertain years due to the pandemic, it feels comforting to have more advanced information than ever before on the road to the post-covid summer exam season 2022. Â
Dr Sarah Watson, vice principal of DLD College London
Why The Latest News on GCSE and A-level Exams 2022 Is Pivotal For Post-Covid Education The Impact of No Exams
While students may rejoice at the thought of having less material to revise, teachers may worry that less knowledge could affect the ability of students to answer the higher tier synoptic questions.
On a deeper philosophical level, one may be left wondering, is this advanced information reinforcing an idea that knowledge can be tossed aside, for its value is only exam-deep"??Â
A DLD College London biology class.
Recent years have seen the development of courses and qualifications that are beginning to challenge this notion that learning information for examinations is an elite method of education.
It stands out now as particularly poignant that our main system of assessing the learning of students ...
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