- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 1 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will establish an independent working group to monitor and evaluate early intervention programmes for children under three.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has no current plans to establish an independent working group to monitor and evaluate early intervention programmes for children under three.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 1 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Brix briefing notes it holds in respect of removing history as a distinct subject from the school curriculum and whether it will publish these.
Answer
The Scottish Executive do not hold any Brix briefing notes concerning the removal of history from the curriculum.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 1 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has carried out since 1999 which specifically examines the value and contribution of history as part of the school curriculum.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not carried out any research since 1999 which specifically examines the value and contribution of history as part of the school curriculum.
We have, in relation to the current Curriculum Review, commissioned a review of research literature about learning and teaching in the social subjects. The results of this research are available on the Curriculum for Excellence website at:
http://www.acurriculumforexcellencescotland.gov.uk/about/research.asp.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 1 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it agrees that the teaching of history as a distinct school syllabus reflects each of the capacities for “successful learners”, “responsible citizens” and “effective contributors” laid out in the Executive’s proposed Curriculum for Excellence.
Answer
The teaching and learning of history in school is well placed to help enable our young people to develop as successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors.
The curriculum in Scotland is not based on statutory prescription. It is for schools, in the light of the curriculum framework within which they operate, to determine how best they organise the syllabus for all subjects, including history, in schools.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 1 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many school pupils passed history at (a) standard grade, (b) higher grade and (c) advanced higher grade in each year since 1999.
Answer
A table detailing the awards gained by school pupils in history at Standard Grade, and the number of passes gained at Intermediate 1, Intermediate 2, CSYS, Higher and Advanced Higher in each year since 1999 has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 38957).
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 1 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many early intervention programmes it operates for children under three and whether it will list such programmes.
Answer
The Scottish Executive operates a range of early intervention programmes for children under three, including Sure Start Scotland, Starting Well, the National Demonstration Project for Child and Family Health in Scotland, and over 100 Working for Families projects (which though not strictly an early intervention programme, incorporates significant support for children under three).
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 1 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to commission research in the next 12 months to specifically examine the value and contribution of history as part of the school curriculum.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has no plans over the next 12 months to commission research to examine the value and contribution of history as part of the school curriculum.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 1 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to commission research in the next 12 months to specifically examine the value and contribution of history as part of the school curriculum.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not undertaken any comparative European studies to examine the value and contribution of history as part of the school curriculum.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 1 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it supports the teaching of history in schools by properly trained and qualified teachers only.
Answer
All teachers are required to be registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland. Teachers of all subjects should have the appropriate professional skills and knowledge to carry out their duties.
- Asked by: Adam Ingram, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 1 March 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to extend the teaching of history in schools to levels in line with European averages.
Answer
The curriculum in Scotland is based on guidance, not statute. The Scottish Executive has no plans to prescribe time allocations for the teaching of history in schools to levels in line with European averages.
