'The Campaign to Improve AQA Philosophy' Petition

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"I wholeheartedly endorse most of the listed in this petition, especially relating to poor and inconsistent examiner marking on some papers, notably the old PLY1 and PLY 5 units. In addition, I strongly echo the concerns raised about inappropriate questio"

"I am Head of RE and Philosophy at the Cardinal Vaughan School and we had an enormous problem last year with our AS group which really shocked me. I hope that AQA can sort this out since they are otherwise a very good examination board."

"Only the teachers taught me philosophy, AQA's textbook for A2 was shocking and I thank God that I have such good philosophy teachers, who are willing to make the effort to 'translate/convert' the waffle on the pages."

"My school will no longer offer Philosophy, as it is seen as too hard. Attempts to enlist the support of AQA have met with many of the issues identifed by this petition."

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"Other humanities subjects have the reputation that mediocre students can get good grades;Philosophy has the reputation that good students get mediocre grades.This is damaging the appeal of the subject. Something must be done to stop bright students opting"

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"My main concern is with the poor quality of the AQA endorsed textbook."

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"The spec for the unit 3 topics in particular is way too vague; in moral philosophy, for example, the spec throws in "Kants attempt to provide a rational grounding for a deontological ethics", as just part of one bullet point. I could spend weeks on this a"