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- Vocational courses failing to develop students' understanding of business
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Vocational courses failing to develop students' understanding of business
08 Jun 2011
An Ofsted report on economics, business and enterprise education has found that some students achieving good results on vocational business courses are failing to develop appropriate levels of knowledge, understanding and higher level skills.
The report, Economics, business and enterprise education draws on evidence from lesson observations, scrutiny of written work and discussion with students and brings into question the case for claiming that such courses are equivalent to between two and four single award, traditionally examined GCSEs at Key Stage 4.
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Vocational courses failing to develop students' understanding of business
08 Jun 2011
An Ofsted report on economics, business and enterprise education has found that some students achieving good results on vocational business courses are failing to develop appropriate levels of knowledge, understanding and higher level skills.
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