A-level pupils prepare to abandon the straight and narrow

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The UK government has decided not to replace A-levels with the International Baccalaureate. However, pupils due to take GCSEs in summer 2000 are being requested to take up to five Advanced/Subsidiary-level subjects in the first year of sixth form, then three A-levels in the final year. It is hoped that this will encourage lower-sixth formers to link different subject areas, giving them a broader range of abilities. It is also hoped that universities will take account of A/S-levels when setting admission criteria.

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Nurturing the polymaths of the new millennium

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It is vital that the UK places more emphasis on creativity at all stages in the education system, according to Ken Robinson, professor of arts and education at Warwick University and head of the UK government's advisory committee on creative and cultural education. He believes that science should not necessarily be ranked above arts and humanities, and also feels that arts and sciences can be mutually enriching. It is now time to find ways of exploiting student creativity, rather than stifling it.

Elementary and secondary schools, Elementary & Secondary Schools, Analysis, Education, Creative ability, Creativity

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Does the early starter win the race?

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Many education experts are beginning to express concern about the growing trend in the UK towards children starting school at the age of four. They feel that this is too early to begin teaching most children to write and read, and point out that many four-year-olds react badly to the school environment. Educational research indicates that children who start school close to their fourth birthday do not perform as well as those of the same age beginning school later.

Psychological aspects, Early childhood education

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