Psychology at School 21 enables students to understand the competing explanations of human behaviour and how this knowledge can empower them to make positive changes to the individuals, communities and world around them.
| Methodology | How is behaviour researched? What constitutes good research? | ||||
| Approaches | How can behaviour be explained? | ||||
| Culture | Does culture impact behaviour? How can we prevent cultural bias in research? | ||||
| Gender | Does gender impact behaviour? How can we prefvent gender bias in research? | ||||
| Ethical Issues | What constitues as socially sensitive research? Are cost benefit analyses appropriate? | ||||
| Determinism | Is behaviour governed by external / internal forces? Does free will exist? | ||||
| Reductionism | Is it approapriate to break human behaviour down into its constituent parts in order to conduct scientific research? | ||||
| Idiographic v Nomothetic | Can we make general laws about behaviour? | ||||
| Validity | Is psychological research authentic? | ||||
The curriculum is structured to empower students to break down text and research into appropriate components, effectively communicating this in verbal and written format. We focus on solid foundations of understanding key concepts.
Understanding research methodology unlocks all other content. Research methods is taught alongside content for the whole course in order to foster links between theories/studies and the underlying research principles.
Knowing the different approaches to psychology gives a framework for later concepts to fit into.
Approaches is the first deep dive into content for Y12 students.
Evaluation is a key skill in psychology. To reflect this, where possible, AO1 will be set as pre-learning and assessed at the start of the lesson, allowing ample time to practise AO2 and AO3 skills.
Autumn term 1
AS Research Methods
AS Approaches and Biopsychology
Memory
Autumn term 2
AS Research Methods
Attachment
Spring term 1
AS Research Methods
Attachment
Social Influence
Spring term 2
Social Influence
Psychopathology
Attachment
Summer term 1
A Level Approaches
A Level Biopsychology
Summer term 2
A Level Biopsychology
Relationships
Autumn term 1
A Level Biopsychology
Relationships
Issues and Debates
Schizophrenia
Autumn term 2
A Level Research Methods
Schizophrenia
Spring term 1
Aggression
Spring term 2
Revision
Summer term 1
Summer term 2
School 21,
Pitchford Street,
Stratford,
London,
E15 4RZ
Big Education Trust,
Sugar House Lane,
Stratford,
London,
E15 2QS