It's not basic at all nor is it necessary for the vast majority of people. Nobody needs A2 Integration or A2 Mechanics. You're defending a dogshit policy that is aimed at creating the kind of stem-brain bullshit america has.
Trig, stats, differentials, quadratics etc etc are all covered before the age of 16 in GCSE maths people don't need to go more advanced unless it's required for what they're specialising towards.
I didn't argue that it was necessary, but it is pretty basic. Sorry. Also, 'differentials' is a stretch. They teach students to interpret the gradient of a straight-line graph as a rate of change. It's the most cursory possible glance at calculus.
Yes you're right, it's basic at that level. But there is no need for most people to be doing advanced content like solving and integrating recursive functions, imaginary numbers and multidimensional number planes, playing with arctan etc all of which is in the A-level. Let those that want to do this content do it, and those that do not take another path. People will not properly learn what they do not want to be doing at this difficulty level and it is a considerable waste of time and resources.
It's not basic at all nor is it necessary for the vast majority of people. Nobody needs A2 Integration or A2 Mechanics. You're defending a dogshit policy that is aimed at creating the kind of stem-brain bullshit america has.
Trig, stats, differentials, quadratics etc etc are all covered before the age of 16 in GCSE maths people don't need to go more advanced unless it's required for what they're specialising towards.
I didn't argue that it was necessary, but it is pretty basic. Sorry. Also, 'differentials' is a stretch. They teach students to interpret the gradient of a straight-line graph as a rate of change. It's the most cursory possible glance at calculus.
Yes you're right, it's basic at that level. But there is no need for most people to be doing advanced content like solving and integrating recursive functions, imaginary numbers and multidimensional number planes, playing with arctan etc all of which is in the A-level. Let those that want to do this content do it, and those that do not take another path. People will not properly learn what they do not want to be doing at this difficulty level and it is a considerable waste of time and resources.