Resources from a Head of Psychology teaching Edexcel A Level and GCSE Psychology, with previous experience teaching BTEC Tech Award Level 1/2 Health and Social Care
Resources from a Head of Psychology teaching Edexcel A Level and GCSE Psychology, with previous experience teaching BTEC Tech Award Level 1/2 Health and Social Care
Comprehensive revision guides for Edexcel GCSE Psychology: Paper 2:
Research methods
Criminal psychology
Sleep and dreaming
Each have:
Unit checklist
Content summaries
Key term glossaries
Links to websites and videos for support/stretch and challenge
Plus an student work book to accompany the research methods revision guide
Option evenings display resources
Subject information leaflets
Taster session PowerPoint
Promotion assembly PowerPoint
£4 when purchased separately - £2 as a bundle!
Please see individual items for full descriptions
A two-page document to define the command words used for Edexcel AS/A Level Psychology. The document contains the definitions provided by Edexcel alongside student-friendly breakdown of what this requires from them and examples.
This could be printed and stuck at the front of students’ books/folders for easy reference.
A comprehensive revision guide for Edexcel GCSE Psychology: Paper 1: Topic 4: The Brain and Neuropsychology.
Unit checklist
Content summaries
Key term glossaries
Links to websites and videos for support/stretch and challenge
Knowledge questions
Question and answer revision quiz cards relating to content from Edexcel A Level Psychology -
Social
Cognitive
Biological
Learning
Clinical
Criminological
Research methods
Can easily be adapted if you have studied different optional content.
Question and answer revision quiz cards relating to content from Edexcel A Level Psychology Paper 2 - Criminological Psychology:
Theories of crime
Understanding the offender
Treatments for offenders
Jury decision making
Eye witness testimony
Loftus and Palmer
Howells
Practical investigation
Key question
Can easily be adapted if you have studied different optional content.
Designed for Edexcel A Level Psychology, but could be used for any Psychology specification at A Level or GCSE - Edexcel, AQA, OCR etc.
Study revision framework-
Description: aim, procedure, results, conclusion
Evaluation: generalisability, reliability, applications, validity, ethics
Conclusion (practice for essay style conclusion - adaptable for different specifications)
Theory revision framework-
Description: claims, components
Evaluation: supporting evidence, opposing evidence, different theory, application
Conclusion (practice for essay style conclusion - adaptable for different specifications)
I send students these blank frameworks at the beginning of the year and leave a master copy in my classroom for students to print/photocopy enough for the year. They complete these frameworks either in lesson whilst learning a theory/study, or as a homework revision consolidation task. It encourages students to be concise whilst note taking, but ensures all essential criteria for the exam are covered.
Designed for Edexcel A Level Psychology Paper 2 Criminological Psychology revision.
Students are required to work in groups to circulate around different crime scenarios and they have to select the most appropriate explanation to explain the behaviour, and evaluate its usefulness in relation to the scenario, practicing description, application and evaluation skills AO1/AO2/AO3.
Contains:
PowerPoint
Essay titles Word document
This is a component guide for BTEC Tech Award Health and Social Care Level 1/2 - Component 2 understand the different types of health and social care services and the barriers to accessing them, learning aim B demonstrate care values and review own practice. The document contains:
Assessment criteria
Command word definitions
Specification content (from BTEC)
Assignment brief task instructions and demonstration contexts (from BTEC)
Section 1 guidance - defining care values and demonstration plans B.1P3/B.1M3/B.2P3
Section 2 guidance - describing positive and negative aspects of demonstrations B.2M2/B.2D2/B.2P4
Section 3 guidance - suggesting improvements B.2M2/B.2D2
Learning aim B checklist
Marking guidelines (from BTEC)
The booklet contains checklists for what students need to include alongside tips and example paragraphs for guidance.
Please note that this document is intended as an overview of the work that students are required to produce for their portfolio work. This is not a booklet that would teach students the component taught content. This will support students in ensuring they have covered the required content when writing up their portfolio submission.
BTEC Tech Award Level 1/2 Health and Social Care - Components 1 and 2 portfolio guidance documents.
Component 1 Learning aim A
Component 1 Learning aim B
Component 2 Learning aim A
Component 2 Learning aim B
Each document supports students in creating their portfolio submissions.
See individual items for full descriptions,
Glossary for components and key terminology for Edexcel A Level Psychology Paper 1 or AS Papers 1 and 2: Social, Cognitive, Biological and Learning units.