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TheATP.org: Recent Topics http://www.theatp.org/forum/ The Association for the Teaching of Psychology en Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:30:25 +0000 jlanguyen on "Running a Department" http://www.theatp.org/forum/topic/running-a-department#post-102 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:26:38 +0000 jlanguyen 102@http://www.theatp.org/forum/ Hi there, Just a quick note to ask for any advice as I have just got a job at a new school that has never taught Psychology before. I am recently NQT myself so any advice would be gratefully received. i.e a departmental handbook. Joe Deb Gajic on "Message from Uniview - ATP Conference" http://www.theatp.org/forum/topic/message-from-uniview-atp-conference#post-107 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:53:58 +0000 Deb Gajic 107@http://www.theatp.org/forum/ Dear Delegates, Thank you very much to all those who attended the Uniview sponsored ATP workshops. Once again we would like to apologise to those delegates who were unable to attend the workshop, in particular those who had pre-booked for this slot. This workshop was extremely popular and we were not able to accommodate the number of delegates who attended this year in the space that we were provided with. We will take this into consideration when planning the workshop for 2011. In the meantime, please find a link below to Dr Julia Russell's ATP PowerPoint presentation with printed activities to use in your classroom. <a href="http://www.uniview.co.uk/acatalog/juliarussellecolumn.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.uniview.co.uk/acatalog/juliarussellecolumn.html</a> Here you can find monthly teaching downloads created by Dr Julia Russell. Thank you very much for your continued support and we hope you that you enjoyed the conference and had a safe journey home. Deb Gajic on "ATP Annual Conference - Keele" http://www.theatp.org/forum/topic/atp-annual-conference-keele#post-101 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:43:22 +0000 Deb Gajic 101@http://www.theatp.org/forum/ See you all at Keele on Friday, shaping up to be another excellent event. See <a href="http://www.atpconference.org.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.atpconference.org.uk</a> for further details. Please post here during the conference to let other members know what's going on. Jonathan Firth on "Curriculum for Excellence (Scotland) - views" http://www.theatp.org/forum/topic/curriculum-for-excellence-scotland-views#post-100 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:16:48 +0000 Jonathan Firth 100@http://www.theatp.org/forum/ Particularly for teachers/FE lecturers in Scotland, I was wondering if anyone would like to share their views on the CforE changes which are just around the corner. As I understand it, Higher Psychology will remain, Intermediate 2 will be replaced by a new National 5 course, and Intermediate 1 will be scrapped but partially replaced with a general Social Sciences National 4. It is likely that course content and assessment will change significantly (the new courses are published in 2012 to start teaching in 2013 for National and 2014 for Higher). Also, Psychology (along with Sociology and Philosophy) have been put in the 'Health and Wellbeing' curriculum area - it is unclear what effect if any this will have on the new course content or skills. Update on SQA progress with the new qualifications available here: <a href="http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/42233.2636.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/42233.2636.html</a> Deb Gajic on "Regional Groups" http://www.theatp.org/forum/topic/regional-groups#post-99 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:17:01 +0000 Deb Gajic 99@http://www.theatp.org/forum/ At the Annual ATP Conference there will be a fun regional competition at the wine reception. The aim is to get people networking with others from their areas. Hopefully, people will be inspired to keep in touch and work together. Virtual networking is undeniably convenient, but there is still a place for face to face collaboration over a sociable drink or two! Emma Shakespeare on "Gaining QTS/QTLS in Psychology" http://www.theatp.org/forum/topic/gaining-qtsqtls-in-psychology#post-35 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:15:18 +0000 Emma Shakespeare 35@http://www.theatp.org/forum/ Please post any comments that you have about gaining QTS/QTLS/PGCE's/GTP below. We have found it very difficult to give advice on this topic since there are so many problems and the process differs between regions. What we do know is that you must have QTS (not QTLS) to teach in a secondary school and be paid as a qualified teacher. laura.rudd on "Following us on Twitter" http://www.theatp.org/forum/topic/following-us-on-twitter#post-65 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:17:21 +0000 laura.rudd 65@http://www.theatp.org/forum/ We now have a Twitter account (TheATP) Please feel free to follow us Thanks Laura Jamie Davies on "Getting your picture in your profile" http://www.theatp.org/forum/topic/getting-your-picture-in-your-profile#post-5 Mon, 04 May 2009 11:24:01 +0000 Jamie Davies 5@http://www.theatp.org/forum/ Want the world to know who you are? If you want a lovely little picture next to your name then pop over to the Gravatar site and your picture will follow you all over the site. <a href="http://en.gravatar.com/site/signup" rel="nofollow">http://en.gravatar.com/site/signup</a> PS: It's free and fun :) George Smith on "Psychology Essay Prizes" http://www.theatp.org/forum/topic/psychology-essay-prizes#post-92 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:54:17 +0000 George Smith 92@http://www.theatp.org/forum/ I've been teaching Psychology A level for about 8 years and only found out about one of the essay prizes on offer today! It seems high time the ATP maintained a list of these. To make a start: Department of Social and Developmental Psychology and Newnham College, Cambridge Title: : “In an era of genetics, are psychological studies of environmental influences irrelevant?” Entry requirements: A/S or first year higher only. Deadline: 31st June 2010 WWW: <a href="http://www.sdp.cam.ac.uk/news/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sdp.cam.ac.uk/news/</a> Contact: <a href="mailto:psychology-essay@ppsis.cam.ac.uk">psychology-essay@ppsis.cam.ac.uk</a> Heythrop college, University of London Title: "THE LACK OF A SINGLE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK IN PSYCHOLOGY IS PROBLEMATIC FOR THE DISCIPLINE. DISCUSS." Entry requirements: Not aged over 19 on 31st March 2010. Deadline: PASSED WWW: <a href="http://www.heythrop.ac.uk/about-us/news-events/heythrop-psychology-essay-prize-2010.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.heythrop.ac.uk/about-us/news-events/heythrop-psychology-essay-prize-2010.html</a> Contact: <a href="mailto:enquiries@heythrop.ac.uk">enquiries@heythrop.ac.uk</a> Please add any more that you know about. George Deb Gajic on "BPS E-News Teach" http://www.theatp.org/forum/topic/bps-e-news-teach#post-87 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:23:07 +0000 Deb Gajic 87@http://www.theatp.org/forum/ If you would like to subscribe to this termly BPS E-newsletter simply send a blank email to: - <a href="mailto:subscribe-bps-teach@lists.bps.org.uk">subscribe-bps-teach@lists.bps.org.uk</a> Kelly Auty BPS Jeff Standen on "Life beyond A-level" http://www.theatp.org/forum/topic/life-beyond-a-level#post-12 Tue, 19 May 2009 20:06:31 +0000 Jeff Standen 12@http://www.theatp.org/forum/ There is life beyond A-level you know. My college, like so many others I am hearing, is running down A-levels in nfavour of vocational courses. There ain't a lot of vocational psychology courses, but I find I am now becoming more focused on Access to HE courses. The demand for psychology is phenomenally high amongst Access students - at least around my neck of the woods. Anyone else out there teaching Access psychology? Deb Gajic on "BPS DTRP" http://www.theatp.org/forum/topic/bps-dtrp#post-52 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:38:14 +0000 Deb Gajic 52@http://www.theatp.org/forum/ Dear ATP Members, The newsletter team are currently gathering contributions for the new Division for Teachers and Researchers in Psychology (DTRP) bumper newsletter. This bi-annual issue will be showcasing achievements, issues, research etc at all levels of academia and will be disseminated across the UK. We would like to invite members to contribute to this first issue. If you feel this is something you would like to get involved in please contact us (dtrp@bps.org.uk). We are flexible regarding content, which can relate to activities at an individual staff member level or a department level. This could be an update on research, or discussion of an issue within the teaching of Psychology at your institute or at a particular level of education. We already have a number of contributions from tutors within Higher Education, however, our network has the advantage of representing tutors at all levels of academia and we would very much like our publication to represent these varied groups. Please pass this communication on to anyone you feel maybe interested. We look forward to hearing from you. Stella Academic Assistant Division for Teachers and Researchers in Psychology The British Psychological Society <a href="mailto:dtrp@bps.org.uk">dtrp@bps.org.uk</a> <a href="http://www.bps.org.uk/dtrp" rel="nofollow">http://www.bps.org.uk/dtrp</a> laura.rudd on "Golden Hello - FE" http://www.theatp.org/forum/topic/golden-hello-fe#post-10 Tue, 19 May 2009 12:13:43 +0000 laura.rudd 10@http://www.theatp.org/forum/ Hi all I mentioned this before in the OCR community but i thought i would put this out on here to see what kind of response we can get. I have recently become able to apply for the FE Golden Hello and while this is not the reason to get into teaching, it does help in the current economic climate. When completing the application form, i noticed that social sciences was not accepted. Psychology as you may know, is now accepted as a science but i have been advised that they will not accept it as one and there is no point in applying. Feedback i have already had from other teachers of Psychology seem to follow a similar pattern. Does anyone have any experience regarding this? I am going to follow it up now that the AS exam is out of the way but i would appreciate anyone else's comments on this Thanks Laura Mark Holah on "ATP Facebook" http://www.theatp.org/forum/topic/atp-facebook#post-30 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:43:52 +0000 Mark Holah 30@http://www.theatp.org/forum/ We have one. Do you? If you have a facebook you can join our group <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=90829847282&ref=mf"> here. </a> Just 17 members as I write. Deb Gajic on "GTP - Routes to QTS" http://www.theatp.org/forum/topic/gtp-routes-to-qts#post-9 Fri, 08 May 2009 15:08:02 +0000 Deb Gajic 9@http://www.theatp.org/forum/ Pathways to achieve QTS status (for Psychology teachers) There are two main pathways – depending upon whether you have prior teaching experience (such as in a post-16 establishment) or no prior teaching experience Prior teaching experience Assessment-based route Contact the University of Gloucester (recommended by the GTC) Entry requirements: > GCSE Maths and English @ C+ > 2 years full time [or p/t equivalent] teaching experience (PGCE post-compulsory year of training MAY count as first year). This should ideally be a 50/50 split across 2 consecutive key stages – and in Psychology related [pre 16] subjects. U-of-G accepts GCSE Sociology, H&Sc or R.E. as related subjects. They do not recognise Citizenship or PSHE within their criteria. (N.B. you must ALREADY be teaching 2 consecutive key stages BEFORE your training commences) > You will be required to teach 2 consecutive key stages whilst you gather your evidence. > Your evidence comprises 3 pieces of evidence towards each ‘Q’ standard. > You are also required to successfully complete the QTS skills tests in numeracy, literacy and ICT. > This course is funded by the TDA, so there is NO COST for you or your employer. No prior experience North-East England training providers Learn Ed, Shotton Hall, Durham Northumbria University Contact Local ITT providers to see if they offer GTP training in Psychology Entry requirements: > GCSE Maths and English @ C+ > UK bachelor’s degree > You must be employed as an unqualified teacher at a school > Part time course – taking one academic year, you attend lectures, tutorials, seminars, complete assessments, and work in 2 separate schools, across 2 key stages and 2 subject areas. This should ideally be a 50/50 split across 2 consecutive key stages. Discuss appropriate curriculum subjects with individual training providers > Your evidence comprises 3 pieces of evidence towards each ‘Q’ standard. > You are also required to successfully complete the QTS skills tests in numeracy, literacy and ICT. > You will usually continue to be employed, and paid by your school whilst your training takes place. However, your school will have to make arrangements to cover your teaching commitments whilst you are at your second school placement