Steve Taylor from onlineclassroom.tv has kindly provided psychnews.co.uk with an excellent DVD to give away as a prize.
Classic Studies in Psychology 1 is a best selling, smashing DVD, which consists of a five short video programmes designed to give teachers the flexibility to integrate illustrative video material into their lessons. This compact DVD features original footage, up to date expert analysis and reinforcing graphics to bring five major studies to life.
The five classic studies include the Strange Situation, Bandura on Social Learning, Loftus on Eye Witness Testimony, Milgram’s Experiments on Obedience and Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment.
To win the DVD is very easy really. All you have to do is subscribe to this site (psychnews.co.uk) by entering your email into the box on the right and following a link in your email which activates your subscription. You will then be entered into the free draw.
On April 30th your email will be picked out (somehow randomly – although I am not quite sure which random method I should use – suggestions welcome) and give the lucky recipient a week to reply to the email. If this recipient does not reply, I will do the same random procedure again until somebody wins the classic studies psychology 1 DVD.
I promise that the winner will not be an employee of psychnews (psychnews doesn’t have any employees) or any member of psychnews’ family (as nobody related to psychnews reads this blog as far as I know).
Anybody who already subscribes to this site will automatically be entered into the prize draw although you could always subscribe again with an alternative email to double your chance of winning the prize. Obviously all email addresses will have to be genuine for this crafty way of winning to work.
There is a review of the DVD here.
There is an exciting CPD event being held next month in Somerset, for psychology teachers interested to hear national police criminal behaviour analyst Paul Lobb speak on the past, present and future of forensic psychological profiling.
The event will be held at Millfield School, Street, Somerset on Tuesday, April 22nd, from 6:30pm.
The focus of this event will be a talk from Paul Lobb, a forensic psychologist, on criminal profiling. The cost is only £10 per person, which covers the cost of the meal following the talk. This event is non-profit making, supported by ATP and should provide an excellent networking opportunity.
For more details contact
George Smith (Millfield)
0775 446 0540
gbs@millfieldschool.com
Or
Claire Barker (Wells CS)
07749 845 218
c.barker@wells-cathedral.school.com
Here is a copy of the flyer for the event – onenightonly.pdf
Reply before 11th April to guarantee a place.
If you teach AQA (A) psychology you may be already aware of this site. Keiron Walsh has developed alevelpsychology.co.uk The site has a blog, lots of free resources and my favourite – Resource of the Week.
Do have a look around the website.
This post could also be an opprtunity for teachers to add any AQA psychology blogs to the comments for other teachers to enjoy.
The latest figures from UCAS show a continued rise in the number of university applicants.
As of 15 January (the date by which applicants should apply to be given equal consideration) there were 430,489 people applying for a full-time undergraduate course at UK universities and colleges – a rise of 8.9% or 35,182.
Although the top five subject choices remain the same at this point in the year as last year there are changes in order.
Psychology has fallen from second to third choice.
Law by area remains top, pre-clinical medicine climbs from third to second, psychology falls to third and English studies and management studies swap places and are now fourth and fifth respectively.
http://www.ucas.com/website/news/media_releases/2008/2008-02-14
The Complete Companion (second edition) is now available and I am sure that many schools, and colleges will adopt it (and perhaps Coco the cat too) as their set textbook for AQA (A) AS psychology.
The first edition of this best selling textbook was published by Nelson Thornes in 2003 and this second edition is published by Folens.
This textbook is again written by Cara Flanagan and Mike Cardwell and is mapped onto the new 2008 AQA (A) specifications.
Not surprisingly, the book is very impressive. It is called the complete companion because it provides everything an AS psychology student will need to be successful at AQA (A) AS psychology. The book covers all of the topics and skills needed for the new specification and provides exam tips throughout.
There are some great activities included and my favourite bits are the brief biographies of some of the researchers covered in the book. I was very impressed with the quality of the layout and design of the book. The textbook has an improved layout, more colours, more images and the paper is glossier and is of a better quality than the first edition. The only downside to this is that it weighs more.
The book is also supported by a fine, free online blog, which already has articles related to the book
OCR has introduced a website devoted to the new changes to GCSEs. The site www.GCSEchanges.co.uk has information and updates relating to the new GCSEs for first teaching in September 2009.
The draft specifications for GCSE psychology will be available next month and you can register on the site for updates. The site is actually quite good.
www.gcsechanges.co.uk
Folens have published an online companion to their new AQA (A) psychology textbook ‘The Complete Companion’. The very popular textbook, written by Cara Flanagan and Mike Cardwell, has been re-written for the 2008 specifications and is now on sale. I will write a review as soon as I receive my copy – well when I have received it and then read it.
The online companion consists of a blog written by Cara Flanagan, Mike Cardwell and Ade Frost and will have some extra resources and exam tips to follow.
Do have a look at the very promising blog here.
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