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Our learning philosophy
Our learning philosophy
We think politics is too important to be left to politicians. We want to students to learn by doing.
We think politics is too important to be left to politicians. We want to students to learn by doing.
We think the best way to learn is to talk to other people, so we create lots of opportunities to share with the rest of the class, including:
We think the best way to learn is to talk to other people, so we create lots of opportunities to share with the rest of the class, including:
Whole class debates
Whole class debates
Kahoot quizzes
Kahoot quizzes
Games to test our memories
Games to test our memories
Table-based discussion
Table-based discussion
Presentations
Presentations
And a range of digital ways of sharing our ideas and finding out more. See the 'Find out More about Politics' page for examples.
And a range of digital ways of sharing our ideas and finding out more. See the 'Find out More about Politics' page for examples.
Click on the link above for an example of how we use Kahoot to find out what our classes think.
Don't just take our word for it. This is what our students say:
Don't just take our word for it. This is what our students say:
"I loved doing debates! Most people who do politics want to debate and already are passionate people who like to debate and have an argument. It helps to consolidate the vast amount of information given in the class."
"I loved doing debates! Most people who do politics want to debate and already are passionate people who like to debate and have an argument. It helps to consolidate the vast amount of information given in the class."
Ed
Ed
"I think the debates were my favourite parts of the lessons as they were interactive and helped in forming our opinions, we often worked as teams or pairs and discussed a viewpoint before debating with other groups in the class. These debates occurred in almost every topic we did, as politics is a subject which encourages debate and discourse."
"I think the debates were my favourite parts of the lessons as they were interactive and helped in forming our opinions, we often worked as teams or pairs and discussed a viewpoint before debating with other groups in the class. These debates occurred in almost every topic we did, as politics is a subject which encourages debate and discourse."
Nathan
Nathan
"I think the mini games we play as it’s such a good way to wake yourself up, get in engaged with everyone else and trick yourself in to learning."
"I think the mini games we play as it’s such a good way to wake yourself up, get in engaged with everyone else and trick yourself in to learning."
Max
Max
"I enjoyed the work we did as tables the most as it gave me the opportunity to debate my beliefs in a more personal and in depth way."
"I enjoyed the work we did as tables the most as it gave me the opportunity to debate my beliefs in a more personal and in depth way."
Emily
Emily
"Kahoot games were great fun, but every lesson was something new so mainly constantly learning new things."
"Kahoot games were great fun, but every lesson was something new so mainly constantly learning new things."
Abi
Abi
"Quiz of the Week. It was fun and kept everyone up to date with current affairs."
"Quiz of the Week. It was fun and kept everyone up to date with current affairs."
Will
Will
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