Blog and updates
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12 Sept 2016
IB Psychology: Teaching the Human Relationships option? How about using the example of bullying?
While many teachers use the domestic violence option to teach about the sociocultural origins of violence, the effects of violence and how to reduce violence, it is possible to use the example of...
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12 Sept 2016
AQA AS Psychology: What the Examiner Said - and How to Respond in Summer 2017
Analyzing results and looking for ways to develop your teaching and learning is an important element of any exam cycle. If you didn't get a chance to watch our free CPD webinar that examined the...
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12 Sept 2016
305 Psychology Teachers Benefit From Free CPD Webinars
Last week tutor2u launched a new series of short, high-intensity CPD webinars, hosting sessions for AQA, Edexcel and IB Psychology Teachers. In total, 305 teachers took part in last week's webinars...
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11 Sept 2016
From abstract to appendices - everything you need to know about the IB Psychology IA report
It's that time of year when you are starting to think about the Psychology IA report and if you didn't didn't get a chance to attend our FREE CPD webinar, then don't panic. All of the resources,...
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7 Sept 2016
Are You Teaching Schizophrenia? Watch The Webinar & Download Our Resources Here...
If you're teaching the AQA Optional Topic Schizophrenia this year and didn't get a chance to attend our FREE CPD webinar, then don't panic. All of the resources, including the session PowerPoint...
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4 Sept 2016
A Level Psychology Year 1 (AS) Revision Flashcards
This was our most popular revision resource during the summer 2016 exams - a stunning 60-card set of revision flashcards for key research studies. We've only got 120 sets left, so order quickly if...
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3 Sept 2016
Introducing our First Teaching Resources for the Optional Topics in AQA A Level Psychology
We're delighted to announce details of the initial series of teaching resources the tutor2u Psychology team is producing to support ALL the optional topics in AQA A Level Psychology.
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3 Sept 2016
Six Giant Classroom Posters for Psychological Approaches
Brighten your A Level Psychology classroom walls - and help your students understand Psychological Approaches - with this series of six A2-sized classroom posters.
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2 Sept 2016
Getting to Grips with Teaching Edexcel A Level Psychology - Four FREE Lessons Inside
If you're teaching A-Level Edexcel Psychology for the first time and didn't get any opportunity to attend our free CPD webinar, then don't panic. All of the resources, including the session...
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31 Aug 2016
Are You Hard Wired for Addiction?
A recent study in the Journal of Drug and Alcohol Dependence suggests that we are all hard wired for addiction. Professor Anderson explains how addicts suffer from strong attention biases - which...
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29 Aug 2016
Love, Loss, and the Space Between - An Interview with Dr David Sbarra
Tutor2u Blogger Dennis Relojo recently interviewed Dr David Sbarra, a clinical psychologist and Professor at the University of Arizona about his book Love, Loss, and the Space Between: The...
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24 Aug 2016
5 Tips for Managing Stress
A number of studies have determined that stress at work is one of the leading causes of people taking time off work sick and most people experience stress at some point during their working life....
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22 Aug 2016
Out of School Time & Risky Behaviour
Lee and Bailey (Nov 2015), writing in the Journal of Adolescent Health, found a correlation between the amount of time spent out of school, how that time was used, and corresponding behaviour...
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22 Aug 2016
tutor2u Psychology – Weekly Update (22 Aug 2016)
Last week was one of most stressful weeks in the teaching calendar, with the publication of the 2016 A-Level results on Thursday 18th August. While the week was mostly centred on A-Level results...
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18 Aug 2016
Psychology experiences a large decline in AS entries. How has the new linear A-Level affected Psychology?
The day has finally arrived and the A-Level results are now in. While today was a particularly stressful day for both teachers and students, the new linear A-Level added a greater sense of worry to...
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18 Aug 2016
Stressed Over A-Level Results Day?
It’s one of the biggest and most stressful days in the student and teacher calendar…it’s A-Level results day.
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17 Aug 2016
The Psychology of Burnout, Illness and Injury among Elite Junior Athletes
After just writing a post on Silver Medalists in the Olympics, I stumbled across an article in ‘The Sport Journal’ which examines the factors that lead to burnout, illness and injury in elite...
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17 Aug 2016
Silver Medal is Psychologically the Worst Medal Position
Every four years I find myself watching sports that I have no particular interest in and this year’s Rio Olympics has been particularly compelling. On Day 9, Great Britain picked up several medals,...
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15 Aug 2016
Are you stressed? How to use stress to your advantage
According to a recent article in Business Day Live, you don't need to get rid of stress to live a happy life, you just need to know how to embrace it. So here's three tips on how to use stress to...
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14 Aug 2016
10 Interesting Psychology Twitter Accounts
Twitter is such an amazing platform because it allows you to be part of the biggest conversations in psychology, engaging with some of the top names in the field. Here are 10 interesting accounts...
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