I personally think it’s stupid, as if you look at universities themselves they have bite size modules already, so can’t see why academics are unhappy. Also think it is limiting what young people can do and they have to get them right or they won’t know and have wasted 2 years. I really agree with this, yes the education system is not brilliant however I don’t see how what Gove is planning is really going to fix anything or make the system better. Yes this system will mean there is less emphasis on exams in the first year but its just going to make the second year so much harder. Glad, I am done with A levels already.
They are basically going back to the old system. When I did A-levels, there was no such thing as AS level and you sat for all the exams at the end of the two year period. It worked fine, it was not broken.
The new system was introduced when New Labour wanted 50% of the population in University and therefore had to make getting there more accessible to the less academic. The whole point of University is historically for academic learning. It was one of the huge failures of New Lab which created second class Universities and courses that were not academic in nature. Instead of creating strong vocational centers and teaching (that were actually worth something) for those who wanted to train in a career in something which was more practical.
I also think you will find that most Russel Group universities do not offer bit size modules. You may only spend one term studying a particular module but all or most of the mark comes from the end of year exams. The only thing I've heard year on year for the past 10 years is that candidates are coming in with higher grades but less actual knowledge of the subjects they supposedly studied because all they did was spend two years knowing a syllabus' inside out to ace exams.
Gove is a d-head so probably the proposals haven't been worked through properly.
Yeah, they are going to bring the old system again. I think students are working harder these days but I do believe exams are getting easier and have ceased to be a good preparation for university study. That is a view widely held amongst academics Modular exams were a mistake. It allows students to learn bite sized chunks for short periods of time. That is of no value either in the workplace or at university level. So apparently there is a shortage of university spots being filled and this will potentially make more people fail their A-Levels,seems legit.
^ Read about it like how it used to be before,didn't know the old system since I recently finished A levels . I was looking at it as a student, don't know what kind of difficulties people have been through in working life with the new system. When I first read, I didn't like the idea,read more about it and understood, it is actually better.