IGCSE Combined and Co-ordinated Sciences (Double Award)

Enables learners to:

• increase their understanding of the technological world

• take an informed interest in scientific matters

• recognise the usefulness (and limitations) of scientific method, and how to apply this to other disciplines and in everyday life

• develop relevant attitudes, such as a concern for accuracy and precision, objectivity, integrity, enquiry, initiative and inventiveness

• develop an interest in, and care for, the environment

• better understand the influence and limitations placed on scientific study by society, economy, technology,

  ethics, the community and the environment

• develop an understanding of the scientific skills essential for both further study and everyday life.

  The aims are to:

  • provide an enjoyable and worthwhile educational experience for all learners, whether or not they go on to study science beyond this level

  • enable learners to acquire sufficient knowledge and understanding to:

    • –  become confident citizens in a technological world and develop an informed interest in scientific matters

    • –  be suitably prepared for studies beyond Cambridge IGCSE

  • allow learners to recognise that science is evidence-based and understand the usefulness, and the limitations, of scientific method

  • develop skills that:

    • –  are relevant to the study and practice of science

    • –  are useful in everyday life

    • –  encourage a systematic approach to problem-solving

    • –  encourage efficient and safe practice

    • –  encourage effective communication through the language of science

  • develop attitudes relevant to science such as:

    • –  concern for accuracy and precision

    • –  objectivity

    • –  integrity

    • –  enquiry

    • –  initiative

    • –  inventiveness

  • enable learners to appreciate that:

    • –  science is subject to social, economic, technological, ethical and cultural influences and limitations

    • –  the applications of science may be both beneficial and detrimental to the individual, the community and the environment.