Put the Science back into Physics GCSE
I am a physics teacher. Or, at least I used to be. My subject is still called physics. My pupils will sit an exam and earn a GCSE in physics, but that exam doesnt cover anything I recognize as physics... continue reading »
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"I am an undergraduate studying physics and for the most part I found physics A-level (OCR) relavent and intresting physics, however GSCE I found very tedious, boring and largely irrelevent to what physics is all about."
"Only once one understands the facts can science become a matter of opinion."
"The new AQA GCSE Physics course is appauling in comparison to what Physics should really be about! I heartily agree with the entirety of this letter!"
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"Teaching any subject is a balance between content and inspiration. The AQA physics specification, by trying too hard to inspire, fails to do either."
"I knew something was drastically wrong with GCSE physics when our Principal ,a non-scientist, said he could do all the questions on the GSCE paper!"
"I am stunned that this is what passes as Physics these days"
"As a Physics teacher, I wholeheartedly agree"
"I believe that the GCSE specifications in their entirety need urgent review. The statements relating to AQA physics apply equally to biology and chemistry, and to the specifications of the other Boards."
"I wholeheartedly agree. AQA have been singularly useless in responding to any form of criticism, whilst their exam papers, mark schemes and Nelson Thornes resources are riddled with errors and bad science. One could learn more about science from reading t"
"In addition to the complaints in the petition, I would point out that the most talented students will be the ones furtest alienated from the subject, and made to feel inadequate."
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"We shifted to IGCSE as a result of the dumbing down of the new GCSE specs"
"As a Head of Science I wholeheartedly agree!"
"A tragic waste of teaching opportunities,"
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"Professor of Mathematics UCL"
