Sentences with phrase «narrow range of subjects»

It has already impacted negatively on the uptake of other subjects in schools such as the arts and humanities, with schools being forced to focus on this new narrow range of subjects.

Trobe also criticised the English Baccalaureate, warning that it «covers too narrow a range of subjects and contains too little choice», which is damaging creative and technical subjects that are «of crucial importance to our economy».

This selection of paintings Francis Bacon made in the last fifteen years of his life (1977 — 1992) shows how, by employing a seemingly narrow range of subjects, he created an impressive variety of pictures.

«The English Bac, by focusing on such a narrow range of subjects, may prejudice the National Curriculum review and should not have been introduced before this had taken place.

The Government should look to Robin Alexander's Primary Review, which questioned the school starting age and follow its recommendations of smaller class sizes and ensuring a broad and balanced curriculum, rather than focusing on perceived failure in a narrow range of subjects at such an early age.

It uncovers significant problems with the EBacc and shows the profession does not support the attempt to steer all schools towards a narrow range of subjects.

A report published by McKinsey and Company in 2005, China's Looming Talent Shortage, found that the Chinese system produces students who excel in a narrow range of subjects with only 10 percent of its college graduates considered employable by multinational businesses because the students lack the qualities society needs.

The report questioned the safety of pupils and expressed concerns over the lack of sufficient qualifications and narrow range of subjects.

Many schools have resisted fully implementing the Government's proposals for the EBacc because they recognise that this narrow range of subjects is not the right choice for every child.

Policy experts have warned that boards will continue to narrow the range of subjects on offer as more pupils are entered only for exams that count in league tables.

My concern is that if the interventions show little or no increase in performance in tests in a narrow range of subjects then creative subjects will be downgraded further.

By focussing its inspections on English and maths, Ofsted has encouraged schools to focus on a narrow range of subjects.

Her painstakingly rendered works focus on a narrow range of subjects and are limited to a restricted monotone palette.

He works every day, constantly returning to a narrow range of subjects: landscapes near his studio in North London and a relatively small number of sitters, whom he will paint weekly.