Education A to Z

Education and Curriculum Terms: A Guide for Students and Teachers

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29 terms filed under M, showing 1–10 (page 1 of 3).

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Macbeth

Shakespeare's shortest tragedy, and the one most often set. Ambition, guilt, and a marriage.

Magnetism and electromagnetism

Magnetic fields, electromagnets, and how a motor works.

Managed move

A planned, voluntary transfer to another school as an alternative to exclusion. Consent is required.

Mark scheme

Also called Marking criteria, Levels of response

The document examiners mark from. Published for every past paper, and free.

Marketing mix

Product, price, place and promotion. The four levers a business pulls.

Materials and properties

What things are made of, and the properties that decide which to use.

Maths topics

Also called GCSE maths, Foundation tier, Higher tier

What is on a GCSE maths paper, and the difference between the two tiers.

Media audiences

Who a product is for, how they are reached, and what they do with it.

Media industries

Who makes media products, who owns them, and how they make money.

Media language

How a media product communicates: camera, editing, sound, mise-en-scène, layout and typography.

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