I came across the excellent ‘London Brain Project’ as I was surfing the web for inspiration for teaching psychology. “We helped children get to know their own brain, in all it’s beauty and gory, during our ‘Meet your brain!’ Art-Science workshops at the Imagination Lab London, and as part of the London Science Festival 2014. Many thanks to […]
Read moreI genuinely enjoy teaching lessons involving statistical tests in psychology. There is no sarcasm here; I think they are fun to teach! For those of us who have migrated from AQA A the sign test is new – as is teaching statistical tests at AS (or year one). What follows is my basic proposal for […]
Read moreThe concept of ‘learning mats’ appears to be popular at the moment – I see lots of examples of these at various training/INSET sessions. If you are unfamiliar with ‘learning mats’, they are essentially laminated posters that sit on students’ desks that provide them with prompts to help them with their work (call them ‘learning […]
Read moreIt is crucial that, early in the game, the students understand what is meant by ‘science’ and how this affects psychological research and theory. This is to avoid the students believing that the subject is anything to do with mind reading, etc. However, if you ask your average Year 12 student what science is, they […]
Read moreSo here we go… we’re all about to embark on teaching the new AQA specification. Which of these two statements best reflects your feelings? A: I cannot wait to get started! A new specification is a wonderful way to throw out the old and design the new! What a wonderful opportunity to update my schemes […]
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