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Tutors’ Handbook (CPVE edition)

Nuffield Working with Science was revised in the 1980s to meet the requirements of the Certificate of Pre-Vocational Education (CPVE). In this edition the general course guidance and the specific guidance about the units was brought together into a single Tutors’ Handbook.

Contents
Chapter 1 Working with Science and CPVE
Chapter 2 Mini-Units
Chapter 3 Maxi-Units

CPVE
The CPVE framework required that students should have the opportunity to experience, apply, and improve their attainments in relation to a number of core competences. The competencies were grouped into ten areas.
*Personal and career development
*Industrial, social, and environmental studies
*Communication
*Social skills
*Numeracy
*Science and technology
*Information technology
*Creative development
*Practical skills
*Problem solving

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