{"id":130,"date":"2020-07-27T14:50:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T14:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/?page_id=130"},"modified":"2021-10-04T08:38:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T08:38:49","slug":"modern-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/departments\/modern-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Humanities Department"},"content":{"rendered":"

Humanities Subjects<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Home of Geography, History, Modern Studies, Sociology and Religious Education<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mission Statement<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cThe function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character \u2013 that is the goal of true education\u201d \u2013 Martin Luther King<\/em><\/p>\n

Current Staff<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Simon Kretowicz<\/strong> –\u00a0 Faculty Head<\/em><\/p>\n

Kerry McQuillan<\/strong> – Modern Studies, Sociology, HWB<\/em><\/p>\n

Carolyn Hanratty<\/strong> – Geography<\/em><\/p>\n

Paul Dahlstrom<\/strong>\u00a0 – History<\/em><\/p>\n

Allan Bryden<\/strong>\u00a0 – Religious Education<\/em><\/p>\n

Courses<\/h3>\n

In BGE pupils rotate around our four key subjects; Geography, History, Modern Studies and RE.<\/p>\n

In S3 personalisation and choice allows pupils to pick (up to) two Humanities subjects from Geography, History and Modern Studies. All S3 and S4 pupils take the Religion, Belief and Values course.<\/p>\n

National Courses start in S4 and continue to S6.<\/p>\n

Click here for further course details:\u00a0\u00a0