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A-level teachers' survey
Considering different cultures and religions
Disability and Learning
Perceptions, parents and progeny
A-level Psychology teachers' survey
You are invited to take part in a survey of teachers of A-level psychology that is being carried out by researchers at Keele University. The survey asks you about your experience of, and your views about, teaching psychology in school and / or college. You will also be asked your views about the nature of psychology as a discipline and about the nature of science in general. The survey aims to find out more about the experiences and views of people who currently teach psychology in schools and colleges. It is hoped that the findings from the survey
will be published in a research paper and inform discussion on the pre-university teaching of psychology.
The survey should take no more than around 15 minutes to complete. It will not be possible to identify individuals from the responses provided and the researchers have no interest in doing so. If you agree to take part in the survey, simply complete the questionnaire and return at to the email address provided at the end of the questionnaire. Please note that by completing and returning the questionnaire this will be taken as confirmation that you have given your consent for the researchers to use the information you have provided in confidence.
If you would like to comment on this study, or ask for more information, please contact:
Dr Martin Rowley,
School of Psychology,
University of Keele,
Keele, Staffs. ST5 5BG
United Kingdom
Tel: 01782 583328
Email: m.g.rowley@psy.keele.ac.uk
Disability and learning
I am a lecturer and disability coordinator who would like to speak to anyone who has taught Psychology to a student who is totally blind. My student would also like to contact anyone who has studied Psychology and
is totally blind. We're looking for practical information, pointers to good practice, any tips on shortcuts to make the workload more manageable etc. No need to
feel you're an expert, just someone who's had any experience in the area. Contact me direct if you think you can help. louise.kelly@ed.ac.uk
Louise Kelly (University of Edinburgh)
Considering different cultures and religions
I would like to develop my knowledge of teaching Psychology to students from different cultures and religions, partly stimulated by my teaching experiences this year, when I realised how little I know about other's beliefs and day to day prayer needs of students. In the one instance I have started to teach Developmental Psychology to a group of Muslim mothers at a Sure start Nursery in East London, as part of Birkbeck widening participation and realised that initially at least one student thought this would be contradictory to her beliefs.
Also in an evening class I teach at UEL, I was a little mystified by the erratic attendance of some students, and on investigating this realised that prayer times change each week. I have started to gather information from internet etc, but wondered if others would be interested in contributing to a data base of useful information similar to ones in Health for example; http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/documents/publications/classa/multifaith/Interactive%20master.pdf
Ms Valerie Bentinck
If anyone is interested in this venture please contact me at dtrp@bps.org.uk and I will pass your details on to Valerie.
Perceptions, parents and progeny
I was a teacher for forty years in two countries in a variety of age groups.
When many countries have natural sciences as compulsory subjects they don't have social sciences as compulsory subjects whereas the children can more easily learn social sciences given a small chance to 'rearrange' their experiences of life to enrich it.
When the world becomes more and more complex and when natural resources cannot keep with exploding populations and demands of science and technology widening the gap between the haves and the have-nots, when the vast research of psychology has evidence for the perceptions of parents affecting the future of their progeny, why is that parenting psychology a compulsory subject for teenagers?
We have hardly any input of educational psychology in teacher training courses - I find that some other developed countries and developing countries give more importance, though not enough. My firm belief is that improving (psychology) education will improve the chances of the planet plummeting into perilous pit.
P.Selvaratnam
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