A-Level Psychology Conference: Advancing Teaching Excellence

10.00am

Rosie Hussain, Director of Teaching and Learning

10.05

• Feedback from the most recent exam: what is it essential to be aware of?
• Deep-diving problem questions from the exam papers
• Reflections on the most recent mark scheme and what this means moving forward.

Rosie Hussain, Head of Psychology

10.50

11.10am

• Dealing with data in the manner that A-Level Psychology expects
• Working with new and innovative methods to prepare students for data demands.
• Minimising the mistakes and deciphering where marks are lost

Laura Richardson, Subject Leader for Psychology

11.50pm

• Implementing formative assessment strategies throughout the course
• Exploring resources and tools for effective exam preparation
• Understanding the different requirements and demands of the 3 exam papers

Rosie Hussain, Head of Psychology

12.40pm

1.40pm

1A – Paper 1

• The common student misconceptions of the paper 1 topics
• Recommended teaching and learning strategies for the trickiest topics in Paper 1
• Resources and assessment methods to improve students

Nisreen Mohamedali, Head of Psychology and Sociology

1B – Ofsted Deep Dives in Psychology: Preparation and Best Practices

• Articulating a coherent curriculum intent as a department, teacher, and student
• Three key teaching and learning strategies to aid the collection of high-quality evidence.
• Presenting documentation and addressing emerging lines of enquiry

Emma Shakespeare, Assistant Principal

2.20pm

2.25pm

2A – Paper 2

• The common student misconceptions of the paper 2 topics
• Recommended teaching and learning strategies for the trickiest topics in Paper 2
• Resources and assessment methods to improve students.

Harriet Ennis, Psychology Lead Teacher

2B – Designing an exemplary psychology curriculum

• Justifying a context-specific psychology curriculum sequence
• Psychology key concepts: How do you identify and interleave yours?
• Creating and balancing decision-driven assessment plan for psychology

Emma Shakespeare, Assistant Principal

3.05pm

3A – Paper 3

• Supporting students to write top band issues and debates essays.
• Applying psychology concepts to consistently write top band evaluation.
• Activating prior knowledge to improve retention of paper 3 topic areas.

Nisreen Mohamedali, Head of Psychology and Sociology

3B -High Impact Revision

• 3 steps to revision success
• How to get students to take ownership of their revision.
• Balancing exam technique and specification requirements.

Rosie Hussain, Head of Psychology

3.45pm