tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990013432459445862.post5477569061776534269..comments2023-05-14T01:57:50.979-07:00Comments on Catholic Home Education UK: More IGCSEs are being studied in schools.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990013432459445862.post-6097813582572872782012-08-06T09:42:58.279-07:002012-08-06T09:42:58.279-07:00There's an interesting debate at the root of t...There's an interesting debate at the root of this for home-educators who tend to view GCSE level qualifications as something useful to have rather than the crux of their whole education programme: if this is your view, then in theory you don't much care about the quality of the exams - indeed, the easier the better! -you want to spend as little time and effort on them as possible. In this sense, it's a bit of a pain to have to take the much harder IGCSEs.<br /><br />The problem with this approach is that if you and/or your children don't see much value in, or have much respect for, the content of the exams, it can be a bit discouraging having to work for them. With the IGCSEs, you can at least see that they are more intellectually challenging.<br /><br />What is the solution to that? You don't want to make these exams out to be the 'be all and end all' of education, but if you downplay them too much, the kids understandably are not enthused about doing them (as some of us have found with our own children!).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02393053470408300621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990013432459445862.post-91663824034066677062012-08-05T08:26:11.916-07:002012-08-05T08:26:11.916-07:00I don't know that I realised that the iGCSE wa...I don't know that I realised that the iGCSE was more difficult then the regular GCSE, apart from the fact that it contains less coursework (or no coursework). <br />I do think that GCSE's in general seem to have become easier in recent years, definitely more students seem to be coming out with the top grades.<br />Thanks for posting, interesting reading xxKimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07815223222171930944noreply@blogger.com