Презентация по английскому языку для старшеклассников "COURSEWORK IN GCSE IN ENGLISH AND SCIENCE" в рамках элективного курса "Система образования в Великобритании"

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  COURSEWORK IN GCSE IN ENGLISH AND SCIENCE
  
  IRINA SIMONIKHINA
  
  

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  AIM OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT
  To find out to what extent coursework in GCSE is a valid and fair internal examination
  
  OBJECTIVES
  To explore attitudes of teachers and students towards coursework
  To examine benefits and drawbacks of coursework for students and for teachers
  
  RATIONALE
  Previous experience of working at a secondary school in Russia concerning taking part in the national experiment for introduction of Common National Exam for school leavers
  Concerns about fairness and validity of coursework, its consistency, testing skills and attributes of students, overall burden on students and teachers in the current educational system in the UK
  The UK government's initiative to restrict coursework in GCSE examination in some school subjects
  
  
  

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  Conceptual framework
  Phenomenology
  Emic approach
  Induction
  Combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches
  Literature review
  Theories of educational assessment
  National Criteria
  White Paper 14-19 Education and Skills 2005
  Policy documents on GCSE
  Working Papers of QCA
  
  
  

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  What is coursework?
  A mandatory or optional component of GCSE which is set and marked by the teacher and “undertaken by candidates in accordance with specification during their course of study and that contributes to the final grade awarded for a GCSE qualification” . Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA 2006).
  
  Written work and extended essay
  Project work and investigations
  Practical experiments
  Production of artefacts
  Production of individual or group performance work
  Oral work
  Statistical or numerical tasks
  (QCA 2006)
  
  

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  The 14 -19 Reform
  
  Principal concerns about coursework
  (consistency, fairness, overall burden)
  Principles of assessment
  Changes to GCSE coursework assessment from 2009 (controlled conditions, stronger safeguards, phasing out)
  

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  Blatchington Mill School and Sixth-Form College
  Successful, mixed, community comprehensive school for students aged 11 to 18 years
  Three specialisms: Performing Arts, Maths and Computing, Vocational Studies
  1750 students on roll
  Key Stage 4 – 630 students
  110 teachers
  GCSE results - 2006
  99% of students achieved success in at least one GCSE
  67% of students aged 15 were awarded 5 or more A+ – C grades
  Almost 22% of all grades awarded were A+ or A
  
  

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  Research questions
  What are attitudes of English and Science teachers towards coursework as a method of assessment?
  What are the benefits and drawbacks of coursework in English and Science for teachers and students?
  What are the teachers attitudes towards the 14-19 Reform initiatives to restrict coursework in GCSE examinations?
  
  

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  Research design
  Research instruments
  
  Documentary analyses
  Acquisition and processing of statistics
  Semi-structured interviews
  Teachers questionnaires
  Students questionnaires
  Classroom observations
  Sampling issues
  
  Two Heads of Department (English and Science) – semi-structured interviews
  10 Science and 5 English teachers – questionnaires
  20 English students - questionnaires
  20 Science students - questionnaires
  

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  ATTITUDES OF SCIENCE TEACHERS TOWARDS COURSEWORK AS A METHOD OF ASSESSMENT 1
  

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  ATTITUDES OF SCIENCE TEACHERS TOWARDS COURSEWORK AS A METHOD OF ASSESSMENT 2
  

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  ATTITUDES OF ENGLISH TEACHERS TOWARDS COURSEWORK AS A METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
  

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  BENEFITS OF COURSEWORK FOR TEACHERS (TEACHERS` VIEWS ; TOP 6 MENTIONS)
  CHART 7
  1 Can monitor/ Assess students progress;
  Allows greater freedom and flexibility within the curriculum;
  Allows time to get to know the students and their work;
  Allows time for practical skills to be formally assessed;
  Motivating ;
  Boosts grades/ Better results
  

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  DRAWBACKS OF COURSEWORK FOR TEACHER (TEACHERS` VIEWS; TOP 6 MENTIONS)
  CHART 8
  1 Takes time to mark them, it's an extra burden
  2 Offering pupils to re-draft/re-submit their coursework increases teacher's workload
  3 Trying to get work from students in time to meet deadline
  4 Gives me more work
  5 Can't be sure if students do their work themselves
  6 Can't control the conditions/Difficulties in authenticating the work
  
  

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  BENEFITS OF COURSEWORK FOR STUDENTS IN ENGLISH AND SCIENCE (STUDENTS` VIEWS)
  CHART 9
  1 More experience
  2 Independent learning
  3 Less stressful than an exam
  4 Work in depth on a subject
  5 Work at my own pace
  6 Motivates me
  7 Helps learn curriculum step by step
  8 Research skills
  9 Selection of an area of special interest
  10 Chance to earn higher grade
  11 Relieves pressure in exams
  12 Real life situation
  13 Allows for re-draft
  14 None
  15 Other
  

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  DRAWBACKS OF COURSEWORK FOR STUDENTS IN ENGLISH AND SCIENCE (STUDENTS` VIEWS)
  CHART 10
  1 Time consuming
  2 Hard to meet deadlines
  3 Too much coursework
  4 Repetition of the same skills across different subjects
  5 All due at the same time
  6 Lack of organisational skills
  7 Stress/Pressure
  8 Not enough access to resources
  9 Hard to work independently
  10 Does not suit me
  11 None
  12 Other
  
  

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  Views on coursework of the Heads of Departments
  Head of English Department
  “It allows students to work independently, develop research skills…confidence.”
  
  “I think it's a little bit shame because the stopping having English coursework in English literature in GCSE from 2009 is a bit sad…”
  Head of Science Department
  “ What students learn from coursework is not much Science…The pace of learning is not always great when they are doing coursework.”
  
  “No cheating is the big advantage of the new mode of coursework”
  
  

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  The main findings so far
  Overall, teachers` views about GCSE coursework are fairly positive
  English is one of the most coursework intensive subject at GCSE level where coursework is mandatory
  From September 2006 changes in Science coursework
  Teachers` problems with coursework as a method of assessment
  (authentication, external help, difficulties with controlled conditions)
  More benefits of coursework for English teachers and students than for Science teachers and students
  The biggest drawbacks for teachers are the burden of marking the coursework, additional time and workload
  The main drawbacks for students are time consuming, hard to meet deadline, all coursework are due at the same time.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  Strengths and limitations of the research design
  Limitations
  No opportunity to observe students working on coursework in controlled conditions
  No permission to visit Year 11 GCSE exams
  Absence of clear future coursework arrangements in English
  Teachers are too busy during school time
  Limitation of time
  
  Strengths
  Opportunity to compare data with the data of National Research Study on teachers views on coursework (2006)
  Opportunity to examine new coursework arrangements in Science
  Opportunity to compare teachers attitudes towards coursework in different subjects
  
  
  

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  Conclusion
  Necessity to analyse data in depth comparing different subjects with different coursework arrangements in the course of 14-19 Reform
  To compare research data with the data of the Research Study conducted for the QCA in 2006 on teachers` views on GCSE coursework
  
  
  Implication
  Contribution to enriching the knowledge base on the issue of coursework as a form of internal assessment in GCSE
  Internal assessment of school-leavers in Russia.
  

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  Thank you very much!