Improving the quantitative research skills of Welsh Baccalaureate teachers through university engagement
Brookfield, Charlotte and Parker, Samuel (2020) Improving the quantitative research skills of Welsh Baccalaureate teachers through university engagement. Research for All, 4 (1). pp. 102-116. ISSN 2399-8121
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Abstract
In 2015 the re-designed Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification (WBQ) was launched and, for the first time, students undertaking the qualification were required to complete the Skills Challenge Certificate (SCC). Consisting of four components: the Individual Project, the Enterprise and Employability Challenge, the Global Citizenship Challenge, and the Community Challenge, the SCC aims to enable learners to develop seven skills needed for education, employment and life. The Individual Project requires students to undertake a research project that includes analysing data using/utilising quantitative data analysis skills. This paper identifies the teaching of such quantitative skills as a difficulty for some teachers involved in the delivery of the qualification drawing on recent engagement work between Cardiff University and schools and colleges in South Wales. It argues that universities have an opportunity to engage with schools, teachers and pupils in the delivery of quantitative research skills that can be beneficial for both schools and universities.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Identification Number: | 10.18546/RFA.04.1.08 |
| Dates: | Date Event 10 September 2019 Accepted 1 February 2020 Published Online |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Welsh Baccalaureate, Skills Challenge Certificate, individual investigation, quantitative research, number, Q-Step |
| Subjects: | CAH04 - psychology > CAH04-01 - psychology > CAH04-01-01 - psychology (non-specific) CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-01 - sociology, social policy and anthropology > CAH15-01-02 - sociology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > College of Psychology |
| Depositing User: | Samuel Parker |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Sep 2019 21:00 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jun 2024 13:03 |
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/8051 |
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