Consulting on the future of education
19th February 2007
Big Picture Interactive (BPI) has helped the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) create a wide-ranging consultation on how secondary school pupils will be taught.
The headline-grabbing launch saw news organisations focus on Mandarin, global warming and the slave trade as potential new topics.
A closer examination of the consultation shows a massive range of topics on offer throughout the Key Stage 3 and 4 age groups (11 to 14- and 14 to 16-years-old) and a desire for feedback from a variety of people involved in education, including learners, governors, parents and employers.
Accessible information
BPI has worked closely with the QCA to develop a framework to present the proposed new curriculum and the supporting materials.
A website setting out all the proposals makes the information accessible and dynamic, so that people visiting can move around the site following the issues that matter to them. Creating the material interactively supports the QCA's goal to produce a modern curriculum.
The consultation process can reach a wider audience online than if the proposals were simply published for distribution. With the ability to submit feedback via a survey hosted by Ipsos MORI, people can move through the consultation process efficiently, reading then submitting their responses instantly.
Revised programmes of study
Supporting the site, BPI also developed a short tour in Adobe Flash, which highlights key areas of the site and how they integrate into the proposed new curriculum. A CD-ROM was created, using the website as a base, to allow QCA staff to have all the information available when making presentations at schools and organisations.
The consultation was launched on February 5, 2007 and ran until April 30, 2007. Schools will receive the revised programmes of study in autumn 2007 for teaching from autumn 2008 and a three-year period for implementation.
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