Hi recently retired from full time teaching. I spent the last 9 years in sixth form teaching (psychology and sociology) with a little PHSCE and KS3 science on the side. before that I worked as a behaviour support consultant for 8 years in all key stages and nursery. I have led inset on all aspects of behaviour management. I have also worked in PRU and EBD settings and have and still do individual mentoring. As someone with mild Asperger's I am particularly interested in all aspects of ASD.
Hi recently retired from full time teaching. I spent the last 9 years in sixth form teaching (psychology and sociology) with a little PHSCE and KS3 science on the side. before that I worked as a behaviour support consultant for 8 years in all key stages and nursery. I have led inset on all aspects of behaviour management. I have also worked in PRU and EBD settings and have and still do individual mentoring. As someone with mild Asperger's I am particularly interested in all aspects of ASD.
This is a two lesson bundle on the hypodermic syringe model of media effects. It looks at the theory and also criticism. It is complete but needs to be approached with other models for the exam
This is a short video 4 minutes long summarising the key issues we face today with traditional religious activity and secularisation in the northern hemisphere as it tends to affect christianity.
Many lower ability A level students get "pushed" toward sociology because there is a perception in some quarters at least, that it is an easy subject.It is not, especially if literacy is a weakness. I have used this presentation along with some work sheets I developed to help weaker students grasp two essential elements of the sociological writing:
1. presenting competing arguments
2. writing in an analytical/ detached style
The framework was not an original idea but the worked example is. This is a teacher written essay, written in the simplest, most straightforward style. It is not elegant or advanced, but good to illustrate a structure for those who have to learn how to write good essays. An examine essay requires two or more different perspectives given equal weight. It does not require one perspective which is evaluated.
this is the title and introduction:
Examine ways in which childhood can be said to be socially constructed
Childhood, seen as a separate existence from adulthood has not always existed. Similarly ideas about childhood: its length, characteristics and how children are regarded vary from place to place. When a characteristic such as childhood varies between cultures and at different times it is said to be socially constructed. This essay will examine the ways in whether concepts of childhood are entirely socially constructed
TIP: I give my students 4 coloured highlighters, one for point of one perspective , one for each subsequent perspective , one for correctly idetified theoriests and theroetical terms and one for concluding or summative commentary. we go through the essay comparing the colour patterns at the end. It is a great confidence booster for them
Made to go with the new Edexcel psychology research in context but would be equally useful for OCR and AQA. This lesson pairs up with the repvious lesson on lab experiments which I have uploaded.
This was developed to go with the psychology research methods in context for new Edexcel psychology syllabus but would be suitable for AQA and OCR too. It is a mixture of presentation and exercises to re enforce learning.
This is a presentation aimed at primary main-school teachers and TA's without specialist knowledge of autism and Asperger's. It provides a brief overview, an introduction to school issues. NO substitute for specialist support
This is a resource I constructed for "weaker" A level students who had difficulty with theory it applies the theory to class. I used it during an intervention session where I went through each approach and then got the students to make a revision resource for each section . It does not contain many theorist names so is more suitable for the current AS exam rather than the A level.
It could be printed out and given as revision cards for students.
