To this end, course documents were examined for evidence that the MSK curriculum aligned to the Kern framework[ 12].
Are "dead-end" courses only available in vocational education?
The result would be pupils put on "dead-end courses just to help schools pass a mark", he said.
After all, while the Wolf report praised some vocational qualifications, it claimed there were 350,000 young people on "dead-end" courses.
The Wolf report struck chords, not least because people recognised the perverse incentives that drive schools to use so-called dead-end courses: school league tables and the contested idea of GCSE equivalence.
Many people have bought second and third homes in golf developments for the high-end courses designed by well-known professional golfers, the tight-knit community and the plush clubhouses.
McDowell, from Northern Ireland, said the European Tour, which has spread to the Middle East, South Africa and Asia, should emulate the California and Florida swings on the PGA Tour and bundle big-purse competitions at high-end courses around its cornerstone events, the BMW PGA Championship and the British Open.
In 2008 golf participation and spending slid at private clubs and public courses alike.Since the economy has picked up, benefiting the rich more than the poor, high-end courses in good locations have been doing well, according to Donald Trump, who owns 18 of them.
Meanwhile, in Syria, the U.S. is on another dead-end course.
Open-ended course evaluations were collected at the same time to qualitatively assess student feedback.
