Posts Tagged ‘Btec’
Flipping Btec L3 Applied Science
So here goes — the first step into flipping my Btec L3 Applied Science course.
I’ve dealt with the whys before, but in a nut shell, my students find it ...
Flipping Btec L3 Applied Science
Since we launched the L2 Btec Applied Science course, interest in the L3 has been high. Last year we had 60+ students enrolled across Years 12 and 13 – as ...
Is BTEC “fit for purpose”?
Suitably emotive post title – but a question that I find myself constantly discussing with my colleagues and one that cuts to the heart of the education equivalent of the “prisoners dilemma“.
That is ...
Serious Sand Collecting and Geology post-16
A couple of years ago, my daughter brought a sand castle home from school. She had visited the beach the previous week and collected some sand. They had then mixed ...
Btec L2 Applied Science or Death by Paperwork?
We’ve been offering Btec L2 for 5 years now and finally I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
We (as lots of schools) started with Btec L2 ...
Btec L3 Applied Science: Unit 4 P1 M1
Sometimes sixth formers need a little nudge in the right direction, so I needed to create an “in your face” check-list for the Btec L3 Applied Science Course. So, here it is:
Unit ...
Vocational courses making studying for GCSE’s harder?
As a school we have embraced vocational qualifications – both Btec and OCR Nationals. The qualification suits our learners as it allows us to work alongside them and to guide ...
Are x2 merits worth more than x4 passes?
We successfully teach the Btec L2 Applied Science course. We have over 300 KS4 students enrolled on the course, and this year we are anticipating a pass rate of 88% ...
Btec L2 Applied Science
Over the summer I uploaded an assignment / work book for roughly 1/3 of the Btec L2 Applied Science course (2010). The resource at TES has been downloaded 100s of times ...
