You joke but that'd genuinely be pretty cool. A Comparative Psychology GCSE would be useful since I don't think the current Psych GCSE covers much animal-related content, if any
At university, due to the nature of my languages degree, I had the privilege to study literature from the Hispanic, Francophone and Japanese states spanning from the 12th century until present day. I also had the utmost privilege to take a brilliant module called Fantasy and Magical Realism in Contemporary Comparative Literature during my year abroad in Tokyo at Sophia University under Professor Matthew Stretcher. We looked at Italian, French, Hispanic, German, Albanian, Japanese, Korean, British and American literature all the while closely analysing and comparing each text's socio-economic, political and philosophical backdrop.
The course was an amalgamation of literature, history, politics, philosophy, languages and so much more all rolled into one. I can't stress how much I learned every time I went to a seminar or I did independent study. Some of my favourite literature were introduced to me through that course too.
It really would be a perfect GCSE or A level course.
There are tons of random GCSEs out there, from Commerce to Travel & Tourism to Geology, so if you had the power, what would you make your own GCSE?
What content would it cover, and how many do you think would take it?
i Would make a GCSE covering Social media influencing because in this age there are so many tik tok stars, instagram stars, youtubers i think a lot of people would want to take it probably a cohort of 10,000-20,000 and make sure grade 9's in this really had the knowledge to make it big on social media and i think people would enjoy this rather than having to do media studies and study other forms of media on the side i would make sure there was a coursework element where candidates had to make their own instagram, tik tok or youtube
At university, due to the nature of my languages degree, I had the privilege to study literature from the Hispanic, Francophone and Japanese states spanning from the 12th century until present day. I also had the utmost privilege to take a brilliant module called Fantasy and Magical Realism in Contemporary Comparative Literature during my year abroad in Tokyo at Sophia University under Professor Matthew Stretcher. We looked at Italian, French, Hispanic, German, Albanian, Japanese, Korean, British and American literature all the while closely analysing and comparing each text's socio-economic, political and philosophical backdrop.
The course was an amalgamation of literature, history, politics, philosophy, languages and so much more all rolled into one. I can't stress how much I learned every time I went to a seminar or I did independent study. Some of my favourite literature were introduced to me through that course too.
It really would be a perfect GCSE or A level course.
There's somewhat of a GCSE for this already, run by CIE - iGCSE World Literature. It covers English, American, Nigerian, Indian, Chinese and more literature from across the world, and part of studying their context involves learning about the socio-political background of the novel and author as well as their political ideologies which were often distinctive due to their nation.
i Would make a GCSE covering Social media influencing because in this age there are so many tik tok stars, instagram stars, youtubers i think a lot of people would want to take it probably a cohort of 10,000-20,000 and make sure grade 9's in this really had the knowledge to make it big on social media and i think people would enjoy this rather than having to do media studies and study other forms of media on the side i would make sure there was a coursework element where candidates had to make their own instagram, tik tok or youtube
Oh, so instead of a theory-based subject like Media Studies, an applied Social Media Growth course?
I initially took it as somewhat of a joke, but considering more and more people, especially in Western Europe and the UK, are becoming YouTubers as their full-time profession, I don't see why not.
It might end up being a 'soft' subject though, or something considered kin to Sports Science.
You joke but that'd genuinely be pretty cool. A Comparative Psychology GCSE would be useful since I don't think the current Psych GCSE covers much animal-related content, if any
Haha I wasn't actually joking I think that would be awesome too