This BBC NEWS story suggests that there are fewer than 12 000 people registered for the new diplomas.
The content for the Diploma in Humanities and Social Sciences is currently being designed and developed by Creative & Cultural Skills, to be launched in schools for 2011. It aims to provide a new way of teaching Humanities and Social Sciences, offering learners an innovative way to access these areas through practical learning as well as theoretical teaching, which maintains the rigour of subjects but also offers a broad understanding in a multi-disciplinary context.
An online consultation has been launched to provide additional consultation with a wider range of stakeholders including teachers, the HE sector and employers.
A consultation is now underway, so if you want your say on the new diplomas, go to THE ONLINE CONSULTATION HERE.
More information on the diplomas is provided at this link (there are different surveys for different groups: if you are a teacher, take the teacher survey)
In April 2008, the Government announced its plan to develop Diplomas in humanities, languages and sciences that would be first taught in 2011.
What are Diplomas?
Diplomas have been designed for 14-19 year olds. They are broad qualifications which aim to develop the skills, knowledge and understanding necessary to prepare learners for further study, work and life.
“The Diploma is about learning a range of widely applicable skills and knowledge, set within a ‘specialised’ context – a specified group of sectors and subjects. The Diploma offers a unique blend of general and applied learning. Applied learning – acquiring knowledge and skills through tasks or contexts that have many of the characteristics of real work – is at the heart of the Diploma.” (The Diploma: an overview of the qualification, QCA, 2008)
The Consultation Process
The Diploma development process has been designed to ensure that all stakeholders have an opportunity to help shape the content for new qualifications that will meet the needs of young people and society. This survey aims to explore the extent to which existing humanities and social sciences qualifications meet the needs of learners, employers, teachers, those with a specific subject interest and Higher Education institutions. The Diploma development process is led by Creative and Cultural Skills, the sector skills council for the cultural industries. However, the research and consultation process is designed and managed by the Centre for Education and Industry at the University of Warwick. This research and consultation is funded by QCA.
The content for the Diploma in Humanities and Social Sciences is currently being designed and developed by Creative & Cultural Skills, to be launched in schools for 2011. It aims to provide a new way of teaching Humanities and Social Sciences, offering learners an innovative way to access these areas through practical learning as well as theoretical teaching, which maintains the rigour of subjects but also offers a broad understanding in a multi-disciplinary context.
An online consultation has been launched to provide additional consultation with a wider range of stakeholders including teachers, the HE sector and employers.
A consultation is now underway, so if you want your say on the new diplomas, go to THE ONLINE CONSULTATION HERE.
More information on the diplomas is provided at this link (there are different surveys for different groups: if you are a teacher, take the teacher survey)
In April 2008, the Government announced its plan to develop Diplomas in humanities, languages and sciences that would be first taught in 2011.
What are Diplomas?
Diplomas have been designed for 14-19 year olds. They are broad qualifications which aim to develop the skills, knowledge and understanding necessary to prepare learners for further study, work and life.
“The Diploma is about learning a range of widely applicable skills and knowledge, set within a ‘specialised’ context – a specified group of sectors and subjects. The Diploma offers a unique blend of general and applied learning. Applied learning – acquiring knowledge and skills through tasks or contexts that have many of the characteristics of real work – is at the heart of the Diploma.” (The Diploma: an overview of the qualification, QCA, 2008)
The Consultation Process
The Diploma development process has been designed to ensure that all stakeholders have an opportunity to help shape the content for new qualifications that will meet the needs of young people and society. This survey aims to explore the extent to which existing humanities and social sciences qualifications meet the needs of learners, employers, teachers, those with a specific subject interest and Higher Education institutions. The Diploma development process is led by Creative and Cultural Skills, the sector skills council for the cultural industries. However, the research and consultation process is designed and managed by the Centre for Education and Industry at the University of Warwick. This research and consultation is funded by QCA.
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