Dumbing down our exam system by abolishing the rigour of modules and
coursework will damage the life chances of our young people, undermine
excellence, and damage our economy.
Modularity brings out
specialists, with a passion for a subject. This is essential to support
UK research & development. Instead we going to abandon support for
highly gifted students, to be replaced by a single bland generalised
exam structure. Clearly Gove has not consulted any UK universities, else
he would have discovered that undergraduate courses are taught using a
modular approach.
Coursework is rigorous, and requires students
to deliver throughout their training and learning period. Simply
regurgitating facts in a 2 hour exam is insufficient to demonstrate true
understanding of a topic, and the ability to apply that
learning.
As someone who both runs a small business and teaches
part-time at an English university, my advice to young people is to ask
to be entered into exams set by Scottish or Welsh examination boards.
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