Citizenship

Curriculum Lead

Mrs A Watson - Curriculum Lead Citizenship and Geography

GCSE Specifications

GSCE Citizenship Studies

Course Content:

Citizenship Studies is the study of the world around us and aims to motivate and inspire students to engage within society and issues that arise from living in a multicultural society. It examines questions of power in society, individual and collective identities, how individuals can influence decisions and issues relating to how people and institutions interact. At Adeyfield we prepare the students to take the Pearson Citizenship GCSE examinations, which covers content and issues that directly affects the students lives and futures.

Mode of Assessment:

Students will sit two final written papers at the end of Year 11 of 1 hour 45 minutes each. Both papers are equally weighted at 50%:

Paper 1 assesses Living Together in the UK, Democracy and Law & Justice.
Paper 2 assesses Power & Influence and Taking Citizenship Action.

The papers have a range of assessment techniques including multiple choice answers, source based answers and extended answers.

Whilst the Taking Citizenship Action is an examined part of the course it also involves an extended group project where students work in teams to research their chosen issues and then deliver a social-action project or create an event to raise awareness and offer solutions to their chosen issue.

Why Study this course?

You will study a subject that encourages you to reflect on your own experience of the social world. It develops your knowledge of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship in order to encourage active participation in society, whilst learning skills that will not only help you at GCSE but also in everyday life. It offers the opportunities for students to work as part of a team to discover more about how to be active citizens.

The subject is engaging because its issues can be:

real topics which affect people’s lives
topical, meaning that students enjoy up-to-date issues
controversial, helping students to consider their own and other people’s views

Progression Routes:

The beauty of Citizenship Studies is that it can be applied to all walks of life and education choices. The skills learnt during the course are transferable and support your other subject choices. Students who study Citizenship can go on to University to study law, criminology, politics, theology and journalism to name a few. Universities like Citizenship Studies because of the transferable skills it equips young people with.

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