'The Campaign to Improve AQA Philosophy' Petition
An appeal to the Director General and Executive Board of AQA on behalf of A-level Philosophy teachersTo the Director General and Executive Board of AQA,We, the undersigned, bring to your attention an... continue reading »
"The standards of AS marking have been abysmal in the extreme. The clarity of the A2 book, especially for Philosophy of Mind, is dire."
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"Textbook fails to engage it's readers and is frequently not specific to the exam questions. Poor show!"
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"Director of Studies, The Oratory School"
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"Philosophy provides the foundation for all forms of academic and intellectual endeavour; we badly need to be able to do it (much) better."
"We continue to be frustrated and angered by incoherent standards of marking. We have recently experienced remarks shifting by over 20UMS!"
"We should be doing all we can to encourage and support students who want to study philosophy and to engage with and think critically about the world around them. It is discouraging, in particular, to hear concerns that the current resources work to narrow"
"the textbook is terrible"
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"I've taught A level Religious Studies for nearly twenty years and the gap between RS and philosophy in terms of resources is embarrassing, the much maligned textbook is awful, lacking depth and unaccessible for most students. Unfortunately with the new sy"
"As a teacher of Philosophy, I share the concerns expressed by the colleagues who have also signed this petition. It is educationally unsound and poor business practice to endorse materials of a mediocre standard that can also conflict with the specificati"
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"Fully agree with all made. K Harvey. Teacher of Philosophy, St Marylebone School"