Linear A-Level: Planning for a new Year 12 class

This is just a quick share. Jon, kind as ever, has previously posted in detail about his approach to planning for the new linear A-Level. If you haven't seen it, I recommend a read. It inspired me to reconsider our approach, and specifically how best to set about milking our Threshold Concepts ideas and resources for all their worth. It was tempting to simply follow Jon's plans - and I plan to at some point; they are full to the brim with opportunities - but I also felt the need to wrestle with the TCs further, to get to grips with how they might be of day-to-day practical help.

How do our plans and approaches differ?

It's probably fair to say Jon's plans lean a little more towards abstraction and conceptual approaches, perhaps offering a stronger grounding in the history and affordances of photography too. Mine, possibly, lean more towards documentary work, with students collaborating on both sides of the camera a little further.

It's not something Jon and I have really discussed in-depth so it will be interesting for our students to meet later in the school year, via our Tate Exchange project, to share experiences. (More on that to follow, alongside a great opportunity to be involved).

Click on the images above to download the full pdf. As with all of the resources on this site, we are always keen to have any thoughts and feedback via the comment boxes. - What are your approaches to A-Level or GCSE planning? Do you see Threshold Concepts as a possible way of enriching lessons? Or perhaps you find them a little highfalutin?

Either way, if you've got this far, we'd love to know.