Comments on: How To Kill Off Vocational Learning https://engagedlearning.co.uk/how-to-kill-off-vocational-learning/ Sun, 25 Oct 2015 08:17:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.8 By: Show My Homework https://engagedlearning.co.uk/how-to-kill-off-vocational-learning/#comment-428 Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:40:39 +0000 https://engagedlearning.co.uk/?p=2437#comment-428 There is an argument that BTEC grades are not moderated rigorously enough which means that the grades achieved with BTEC compared to the traditional GCSE are worth less. What do you think?

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]]> By: Ian Lynch https://engagedlearning.co.uk/how-to-kill-off-vocational-learning/#comment-427 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 10:42:33 +0000 https://engagedlearning.co.uk/?p=2437#comment-427 http://thelearningmachine.co.uk/rescuing-technical-education/ You might be interested in this blog entry I made on technical education last April.

]]> By: Craig Coggle https://engagedlearning.co.uk/how-to-kill-off-vocational-learning/#comment-426 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 10:07:02 +0000 https://engagedlearning.co.uk/?p=2437#comment-426 We’ve switched back to GCSE Music from BTEC Level 2 because of the way the BTEC has shifted from practical applications and understanding to written coursework and the ‘knowledge of’ approach.

]]> By: David https://engagedlearning.co.uk/how-to-kill-off-vocational-learning/#comment-425 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 18:59:23 +0000 https://engagedlearning.co.uk/?p=2437#comment-425 Ian,
Fair point. But it’s still the dominant brand. And I wonder whether the others will be forced to follow? I also still think that my overall point – that successive governments have sought to prioritise academic learning over vocational, still holds!
Thanks for commenting.

]]> By: Ian Lynch https://engagedlearning.co.uk/how-to-kill-off-vocational-learning/#comment-424 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 17:57:28 +0000 https://engagedlearning.co.uk/?p=2437#comment-424 If BTEC isn’t delivering do something different. BTEC is only one brand in the vocational provision.

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