Higher level paper described by teachers as fair, but challenging in parts
Leaving Cert students Daniel Sidorkin, Logan Mallon and Alex Raynor discuss their exams at Trinity Comprehensive School, Ballymun, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac DónaillThe higher-level home Leaving Cert economics paper was connected to the real and lived experiences of people in contemporary society, teachers have said.
“The anticipated topic of carbohydrates hadn’t reared its head since 2017, but appeared in question one, which would have left teachers and students relieved.‘Some elements may have startled students’: Live reaction to day one of Leaving Cert and Junior Cycle exams“The manufacture of food products was a common trend in this year’s paper as the manufacture of yoghurt came up in question three, and the stages in the production of oil was seen in the core question four.
Ms Cleary said that students who were alert to the relevance of the subject will have found “great opportunities to fuse their studies and lives in questions that prompted consideration beyond the textbook examples.”Leaving Cert home economics section B and C“A nice question on fruit and vegetables appeared in Q2 which required designing a three-course menu for a vegetarian.
Analyse the impact of social, economic and technological changes on contemporary family structures.
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