Westminster Village Associated Examining Board
GCSE Political Studies- Paper 2- Local Government Presentation assessment
Task: Role play practical
Time allowed: Preparation- 20 minutes, Presentation- No more than five minutes
Scenario:
You are an elected Member of Morleygate Parish Council. In your Agenda paperwork, you observe the following motion as item twelve, the last item of business:
Resolution proposed by Councillor J Schofield:-
"This Council notes the 'Morley Together' campaign and agrees to sign up to the principles laid out in it.
Council is mindful that discrimination takes many forms and believes that all kinds of discrimination are unacceptable".
There is no supporting paperwork for this Agenda item.
Objectives: To make a presentation on the Agenda item. A maximum of five minutes will be allowed for you to speak at which point the Chairman will call you to order if the time limit is exceeded.
Assumptions: That all previous speakers have made lacklustre presentations which have not influenced your views on the topic either way.
Marks will be awarded according to the following marking criteria:
Rational analysis of position:- 6
Clarity of position:- 4
Effectiveness in influencing listeners:- 3
Confidence:- 2
Sincerity:- 4
Delivery:- 1
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Total marks 20
A maximum of five marks overall may be deducted for use of the following techniques:
Intellectual laziness, irrational arguments, cultural relativism, guilt by association, zero tolerance, self-loathing, ad hominem attacks.
All rough notes shall be attached to this paper by the supplied treasury tag at the end of the practical and handed in to the invigilator. This will be returned to the Board along with the recorded media. In the event of a marginal result, rough notes may be taken into consideration to determine pass or fail at the discretion of the Board.
Monday, 12 March 2007
An exam paper we'll never see...
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"A maximum of five marks overall may be deducted for use of the following techniques:
Intellectual laziness, irrational arguments, cultural relativism, guilt by association, zero tolerance, self-loathing, ad hominem attacks."
That list rules out the entire running order of the R4 Today programme doesn't it?
Pedant General, my setting of exam papers date back to the mid-70s.
A 21st Century paper would probably say:
"Turn over for worked example"
As to Channel 4, it certainly means they might as well forget about getting any Ministers on, as well as practically everyone else they wheel in.
I don't see them dusting down Sean Gabb or Perry de Havilland because that would show bias- for all of their fierce logic they would have to counter-balance it with someone weepy from Social Services. (Or maybe just give John Prescott a nearby office in Broadcasting House so they can trundle him in).
When i said setting, I actually meant sitting, i.e. as a candidate...
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