Summertime reading
Late July and August, you’ll often find me settled in a deck chair, enjoying the sunshine and summer breeze on my skin, cool drink in one hand, book in the other. Bliss! The book will almost...
View ArticleProfiling the prospective Psychology student
Some years ago, the department I was in at the time analysed the A Level and GCSE results of everyone who took Psychology. They found that the best predictor of performance on the A Level was...
View ArticleHelping students decide whether Psychology is the right A Level for them
“I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member” Groucho Marx To help prospective students to understand what sort of work they would be expected to do in Psychology and to give me a...
View ArticleThose little words
“Sir, how do I distinguish between two ideas??’ “Miss, this question says ‘refer to the article above’ in my answer. What have I got to do?” “Madam, this question asks me to ‘address a criticism’, what...
View ArticleDo Whorf, Piaget and Vygotsky agree….?
Consent, congruent… Do I know what they meant? Conclusion, Distribution… All is confusion Conservation, correlation… I need a vacation Short-term, long-term… When is half-term? Perhaps I’ll never be a...
View ArticleAre all the AQA Psychology options equal?
Although most schools have settled on the options they are teaching in AQA Psychology, many have had to make difficult choices; comparison of the available options seems to be a constant topic of...
View ArticleWho Am I and What can I Achieve? The Role of Identity in A-levels
After 15 years as a psychology teacher it was noticeable that for many students A-levels were so much more than simply qualifications. Of course, they are high stakes examinations as the grades...
View ArticleHow to tackle the stickiest exam questions
As Psychology teachers we want students to actively focus on: Knowing the spec. inside-out, so that they can… Spot opportunities to use the spec. content and its terms in their answers, and then…...
View ArticleGetting ready for A level Psychology
Psychology is a brand new subject for most students. There is a large amount of new vocabulary to get used to, as well as new ways of thinking. I’ve put together some resources which will help students...
View ArticleHow to revise A Level Psychology: Social Influence and Psychopathology
Teacher and author Ad McLaughlin shares advice on how to revise for A Level Psychology using her curated revision playlist of videos focusing on the 2022 AQA Advanced information topics. The post How...
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