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Learning for life and Work GCSE

Through the study of real life situations and scenarios students are provided with opportunities to explore and express their own values and attitudes concerning human rights, social and economic responsibilities and develop an appreciation of the needs and perspectives of others. The specification is designed to enable students to develop their understanding of the challenges and opportunities of cultural, political, economic, personal and social issues in contemporary society and the skills associated with critical evaluation, choices, informed decision-making and action.

AIMS
The aims set out below describe the educational purposes of following a modular course in Learning for Life and Work. Students should be given opportunities to:

Develop knowledge and understanding of the challenges and opportunities of personal, social cultural, political and economic issues in contemporary society;
develop an understanding of the different values and attitudes, needs and perspectives of their own and other communities;
Develop the skills necessary for independent thinking, informed decision-making and action in relation to personal, economic, employment and social issues;
Develop relevant personal, interpersonal, literacy, numeracy and ICT skills;
Develop the skills knowledge and attitudes for life long learning and work.

The format of the GCSE is tabulated below:

MODULE 1: LOCAL AND GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP	MODULE 2: PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION	MODULE 3: LEARNING FOR WORK	MODULE 4: APPLYING LEARNING FOR LIFE AND WORK
Diversity and Inclusion	Health and Drugs Education	Work in the Local and Global Economy	Action Based Project
Equality and social justice	Relationships and Sexuality	Personal Career Planning
Democracy in action		Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

Assessment
Modules 1, 2 and 3 are externally assessed through an examination paper. Module 4 is assessed internally. In total 45% of assessment is external and 55% is completed internally.

Key skills:
All four modules in the specification provide teaching and learning opportunities to generate evidence for the nationally recognised Key Skills. The internal assessment provides a framework to enable students to meet the full portfolio requirements of the following Key Skills at Levels 1 and 2: Communication, Information Technology, Application of Number, Working with Others and Improving Own Learning and Performance.