An overview of visual illusions such as ponzo illusion, muller-lyer, kanisza triangle, rubin’s vase, necker cube.

Two lessons (approximately 45-60 minutes each) to outline monocular and then binocular depth cues.

A lesson to outline the difference between sensation and perception AND a brief introduction to visual illusions.

An overview of how culture affects perception with reference to Hudson’s research

A two part lesson to first outline and then evaluate Gregory’s Constructivist Theory.

A two part lesson to first outline and then evaluate Gibson’s Direct Theory

An overview of ‘early brain development’ including parts of the brain i.e. cortex, thalamus, cerebellum, brain stem and an introduction to the influence of nature and nurture on brain development

An overview of types of memory (episodic, procedural & semantic).

An overview of the processes of memory including encoding, storage & retrieval .

A two part lesson(1.5-2 hours) outlining Piaget’s theory schemas, assimilation, accommodation Piaget’s Stages of Development

A useful revision aid (knowledge organiser) for students to complete at the end of the unit or for revision. Best when printed on A3. Suggested answers are also provided

A lesson to outline and evaluate reconstructive memory

A two part lesson Outline Bartlett’s War of the Ghosts Evaluation of Bartlet’s War of the Ghosts

A two part lesson outline primacy and recency effect (with some research methods i.e. drawing a graph) Murdock’s study (outline and evaluate)

A two part lesson (2 hours) to outline and evaluate MSM for GCSE Psychology.

A fully resourced lesson to outline the ways services are provided by the public, private and voluntary sector. This outlines what public, private and voluntary sectors are and considers the similarities and differences between them. Also students investigate health care (NHS/GP) and social care (Adult Social Care and Children's Services) further to discover how they are funded, services provided etc. The lesson include a range of activities including a powerpoint presentation with key information (teacher input), KWL grid to elicit knowledge from learners and enable them to reflect on their learning, videos, matching tasks (with answers provided).

A fully resourced lesson in which students learn how people who work in H&SC are monitored (both internally and externally) This resource includes some teacher input, application tasks and exam questions.

A fully resourced lesson which outlines a number of settings (e.g. hospice, hospital, domiciliary care etc) where care is provided. This lesson starts with a mini-quiz to review previous learning aims. This include a range of activities including some teacher input (powerpoint provided) some discussion and videos.

A 2 part lesson (approx 2 hours) that covers 'issues that affects access learning aim B2. The first lessons starts with a review of 'Settings in HSC' from the previous lesson (learning aim B1). Then students are required to use the student textbook to summarise referrals e.g. self-referral, third party referral and professional referrals for which there are prompts to help support students notes. Following this there is a short video and teacher led powerpoint to outline 'assessment'. Finally, there is a handout and 'transformation' task for students. This requires them to represent eligibility criteria using pictures and symbols. There is an additional application task to end the lesson and review eligibility criteria. The second lessons (powerpoint '2. Barriers to Service') starts with an exam questions to review lesson one with some sentence starters for supporting students if needed and some suggested answers from the mark scheme for self-assessment. Then students are required to work independently to create a mindmap of barriers that affect access using the student textbook. Then students need to work in pairs to identity which barriers might affect specific service users the most. Finally, students complete an exam question (mark scheme attached for self assessment) to consolidate their understanding of 'barriers affecting access'.

An student led lesson to help students understand the role of the CQC in regulating and inspecting service. The lessons starts with a brief video outlining what CQC does with some brief questions to keep students focused. Then students are provided with a framework (with suggested teacher answers) to help guide their research using course textbooks and the internet. Finally students are provided with 'dominos' to review their knowledge of the CQC as a plenary.