Resources
This text addresses such questions as: what is design and technology?; what does this new National Curriculum subject contribute to pupils' learning?; and how can teachers plan a programme of activities to ensure...
In a thoroughly revised and updated version, this standard reference book provides the background knowledge teachers need in order to plan effective programmes of work and answer children's questions with confidence...
Kitemarked by the TTA `It will be a welcome companion to the many activity-related primary science programmes which have been published in the last ten years in England. It will fill a gap for teachers of primary...
Subject knowledge and sample lesson plans for key stages 1 and 2. Many primary teachers need help with their personal subject knowledge in science. Now that there is a nationally published scheme of work for science...
The understanding progress materials aim to help primary and secondary school teachers develop their conversations with pupils and their parents and carers when talking about what pupils can do at different National Curriculum levels and how to make progress.
This DVD explores the nature of psychology in the context of the biological, psychodynamic and behavioural perspectives. It covers the key points of each approach, applications and various evaluation issues. Pitched just right for A-level students, it is both succinct and lively. The running time is 38 minutes.
This DVD starts with two case studies of depression and anxiety, and then moves on to different theoretical perspectives. Firstly, the medical model in terms of history, assumptions, treatments and evaluation. Next, the psychological model’s underlying assumptions with an illustration of anxiety being treated with...
This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.
In this DVD, Alex Haslam and Steve Reicher give a comprehensive account of their reworking of Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison study, conducted over 30 years earlier. The DVD includes loads of footage of the actual study and there are some interesting extras dealing with social identity theory, ethics, data sources and...
Understanding Reversible Change
This video looks at the reversible change that occurs in the process of chocolate making whilst also introducing the career of a chocolatier. Linking to the topic of states of matter, it introduces a Master Chocolatier who discusses his job and how he creates chocolates. He also talks about what he enjoyed at...