The politics of the UK common mistakes

Common mistakes

• Democracy and participation Politics mistake 1

  Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Understand the meaning of the prescribed key concepts and terminology for democracy and participation..

  Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Democracy and participation Politics mistake 1

  Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Develop awareness of how suffrage has changed from the Great Reform Act 1832 to the present, including debates about gender, class, ethnicity and age..

  Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Democracy and participation Politics mistake 1

  Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Develop awareness of the significance of the Chartists, Suffragists and Suffragettes and of suffrage as a human right..

  Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Democracy and participation Politics mistake 1

  Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Analyse and evaluate the nature of democracy..

  Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Democracy and participation Politics mistake 1

  Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Analyse and evaluate direct democracy and representative government..

  Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Democracy and participation Politics mistake 1

  Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Analyse and evaluate patterns and different forms of political participation..

  Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Elections and referendums Politics mistake 1

  Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Understand the meaning of the prescribed key concepts and terminology for elections and referendums..

  Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Elections and referendums Politics mistake 1

  Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Analyse and evaluate the characteristics, performance, advantages and disadvantages of systems used in parliamentary elections and elections to one devolved body in the UK..

  Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Elections and referendums Politics mistake 1

  Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Analyse and evaluate the 1997 general election, one election before 1997 and one election since 1997 in their wider political contexts..

  Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.

• Elections and referendums Politics mistake 1

  Presenting AO1 description as AO3 evaluation. This weakens answers to Analyse and evaluate patterns of voting behaviour and changes over time using relevant national data sources..

  Fix itAdd a competing viewpoint, test it with political evidence, explain its limit and reach a substantiated judgement. Keep AO1, AO2 and AO3 distinct.