Economics

Course summary

Economics is about people and their economic choices. This specification provides a strong grounding in micro and macroeconomics, with content that relates to every aspect of our lives and the world around us. The content is designed so that students learn concepts, which they can then apply to a variety of contexts. Our A Level in Economics equips students with the skills and confidence to explore. It leads on from GCSE (9–1) and provides an excellent basis for further study at University. By learning how to explain and evaluate economic problems and possible solutions, students will acquire a way of thinking as economists and develop a logical approach to thinking and reasoning. How is the course taught? Retrieval strategies are used in every lesson to support students’ ability to retain and retrieve information that has been previously taught (last lesson, last week, last term and beyond). This practice is vital in ensuring what students learn short-term is stored and embedded in the long-term memory. Our schemes of learning are designed to ensure that students efficiently acquire, rehearse, and connect knowledge using pedagogical approaches that provide instructional support. This instructional support includes retrieval and review, presenting new material in small steps, checking understanding, modelling, scaffolding and guided and independent practice. Exam questions are broken down and students are given clear strategies for answering them through sentence starters, model answers and acronyms such as PEEL and PEERC to help them remember how to structure answers.