Category Archives: Listening

GCSE Music – Statistics and Grade Boundaries

Posted on July 17, 2016 by drfautley

N.B. This is a post that may get deleted or have amendments later, if it proves that I am being daft, and haven’t read all the relevant small print! Which, as it’s about the new GCSE grading, means there is … Continue reading →

Posted in Assessment, GCSE, Grading, Listening, Norm-referencing, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments

Music appreciation – who appreciates? A lesson from history. (And lots of questions!)

Posted on April 18, 2014 by drfautley

One of the side-effects of working so hard on National Curriculum assessment guidelines recently has been the re-emphasis in my thinking on musical learning. I spent a happy day recently getting cross in public at the ISM conference in Birmingham, where … Continue reading →

Posted in Axiology, Listening, Music Education | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments