Outcomes Content Scheme Assessment Resources

Session 4 - a tale of two reviews?
Outcomes

By the end of the session you should:


An overview of the Rose Review

Interactive guide to the new curriculum produced by QCDA (Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency)

Primary School Curriculum Omnibus Survey (March 2009)

When writing the report, a survey of parents' views was undertaken - you can read the main findings by clicking here. ICT is only mentioned once in the "Key Findings". Could you look at the responses and come up with at least one additional key statement which includes ICT and would have been a valid as a "key finding."

The recommendations

Executive Summary and Recommendations. Use the search facility to pick out the recommendations which involve ICT. Paste them into this forum thread.

For more details on ICT in the new curriculum click here (this document is linked from a page which was updated on Sept 15, 2009)
and
read this ministerial statement issued November 19 2009.


The Cambridge Primary Review (the Alexander Report)

Search for ICT in this booklet, published by the Review (other information about the review can be downloaded from here).


There are fundamental differences in the way in which the two reviews propose dealing with ICT - what are they? Are they really that different? Searching for opinion on the two reviews will provide a wide variety of response. Don't use Google - go straight to either teacher union or press sites which allow a search (e.g this shows the search results from the ATL website for the term "primary review".