You’ve probably heard of ChatGPT, or maybe not . . .

It’s a free, open access advanced AI tool that can do all sorts of things. Most importantly, it will compose original essays for students and provide answers to numerical and text-based questions with explanations and justifications.

The implications for teaching and assessment can’t be overstated.

This free seminar with AI and accounting experts sorts hype from reality.

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Three-Day Course for Teachers New to Economics

This course is a serious attempt to prepare teachers to deliver Economics for the first time. It includes direct instruction on 8 ‘toolkit’ topics such as market failure, AD/AS analysis, monetary and development economics. We divide delegates into 2 groups: boffins and beginners. Run by expert economics teachers including Ian Marcouse.

The 2022 Memory Stick contained 800MB of classroom materials. The course is perfect for:

· Business teachers starting to teach Economics for the first time (or first time in ages)

· Teachers switching from other subjects (in recent years, from French, from Geography and from P.E.!)

· Fresh graduates, PGCE or Teach Firsters who need to understand the exact right level for high grades

July 3rd – 5th 2023: Cavendish Conferences, Central London or Online (run over 5 days) or Mem stick only.

How to book:

Email: marcouse@btopenworld.com. Price: £399. Memory stick only is £199. All items VAT-free. Full BACS and company details are included on every invoice.

The Summer 2023 support page provides updates and information from Ofqual and the Department for Education (DfE) relating to the summer 2023 exam arrangements for GCSE, AS and A level.

This includes information on

• grade boundaries
• contingency days
• a letter from Ofqual

Our May/June 2023 timetables have now been finalised and are available on our website.

Take a look at the final timetables

Go to the Economics exam times

Whatever your reason for considering becoming an examiner for Pearson Edexcel, a role within a subject assessment team can help develop your subject knowledge to better prepare students for high stakes assessments, improve your own teaching and learning approaches in the classroom, and can give you a chance to network and collaborate with other Economics teachers. Over time, there are opportunities to progress into the role of team leader, where you can develop the key skills needed to manage a team.

Economics is a very popular subject in UK schools and colleges and we are looking to expand our assessment teams to meet a growing demand.  We would therefore welcome existing and newly trained teachers to apply to join Pearson Edexcel as an Assessment Associate (AA).

Key benefits of becoming an AA with Pearson Edexcel include

• Professional Development – Becoming an examiner, team leader, or more senior role within a subject assessment team, will be the best subject specific training you can receive to help you progress up the career ladder within UK and International schools. Our senior examiners are all either subject leaders or part of the senior leadership in their schools.
• Flexibility – as an examiner, standardisation, training and your assessment work will all be completed remotely, allowing you the flexibility to manage your time in a way that works for you.
• Pay – examining for Pearson Edexcel pays not only for the work you complete but also for your time training and standardising. Over time, opportunities can expand to other paid roles relating to support and development of the subject more broadly, including paid resource development, network lead, professional development programmes and paid focus group work, all through our awarding organisation.

Please use the link below to complete an online application form, and start your journey to becoming an AA with us.

Pearson's publishing team are asking Economics teachers for their thoughts on the current Pearson Edexcel GCE Economics textbook from 2015. To have your say, you can fill in a quick survey following the link below:

The Economics Factory now has digital versions of the Anforme A level Economics A books

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Results Day: 17 August 2023

The Economics Factory now has digital versions of the Anforme A level Economics B books

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Results Day: 17 August 2023

Module 1 focuses on teaching the course and will give you an understanding of the content of the qualification and how to cover it, course/lesson planning, understanding the assessment and preparing students for it, and a brief overview of support from Pearson available to teachers.

Module 2 will give you an understanding of how the content is assessed by reviewing the assessment objectives and mark schemes, practise applying the mark schemes using exemplar student work, as well as an understanding of how marks were determined.

In Module 1, delegates will:

- Be given an understanding of the assessment objectives

- Analyse recent question papers and learn which types of question match the different assessment objectives

- Consider how the level based questions are marked, using mark schemes and sample student responses

In Module 2, delegates will:

- Be given an understanding of the structure of the course and assessment and an overview of the assessment objectives

- Consider how the points-based questions are marked, using mark schemes and sample student responses

Both modules will:

- Discuss strategies for teaching the IAL Economics course by networking and discussing best practice and sharing ideas with other teachers

- Review the support Pearson offers for the qualification

Results Day: 17 August 2023

This online training is designed for teachers who are new to delivering the Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Economics specification.

This training will give you an understanding of the content of the qualification and how to cover it, course/lesson planning, understanding the assessment and preparing students for it, and a brief overview of support from Pearson available to teachers.

This online training is designed for teachers who are delivering the Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Economics specification.

This training will give you an understanding of how assessments are structured for the qualification and how your teaching can be adapted to help your students’ performance on examination papers. The training is comprised of two 'standalone' modules which are booked separately.

Results Day: 24 August 2023

We're introducing a regular International GCSE November series, first running in November 2023. This series is being introduced to best meet the needs of students requiring International GCSE exam opportunities outside of the full May/June series and it will replace the existing January series.

There will be no November series in 2022.

Please take a look at the timeline in the document below.