Dynamic Learning: Metacognition

The 7th film in our Dynamic Learning Series designed to introduce students to a range of important ideas and skills related to the science of

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Anchoring the Abstract: Curiosity

One of the things I’ve found students find difficult about subjects like Sociology is the frequently abstract nature of the ideas they’re being asked to

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Approaches to Health and Illness: Biomedical and Social

Quite by chance, the other day I came across a very useful diagrammatic representation of the debate between biomedical and social approaches to health and

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Key Studies and Maths in Psychology

While students who decide to take Psychology at A-level or in High School may be generally aware it involves “some sort of mathematical component”, as

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Choose Sociology

“My name is Rachel and I’m a non-academic sociologist…” If you’re in any way involved in the process of enrolling students on sociology courses you’ll

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Sociological Scenarios™: Research Methods Revision

Revision is probably one of the least-interesting things you’ll ever do as either a student or a human being, and if you haven’t been revising

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Educational Achievement and Intelligence 1

To understand how intelligence relates to educational achievement it needs to be defined; we need, in other words, to know what intelligence is before we

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Psychology Transition Materials

As with their sociological peers, Psychology teachers have also been busy producing a wide range of materials designed, in the main, to ease the transition

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Gender and Subject Choice: Archer et al (2013)

The relationship between gender and subject choice in post-16 UK education is both persistent and well-known and has produced a range of explanations – some

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Would You Rather?

“Would You Rather?” is a simple word game that involves students making a choice between two (or more) opposed choices that’s not only simple to

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