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    • About Me
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  • OCR New Specification
    • First Year SOW
      • Taking the Plunge: Organising a New SOW
      • Updated SOW: Let’s be realistic!
      • New Spec Reflections: What’s the Verdict?
    • Second Year SOW
      • Updated A2 SOW: Is There Time?
      • Organising a New SOW: Second Year
    • Why OCR?
      • Exam Boardroom: The gloves are off!
      • Out with the Old and in with the New: OCR Spec Changes
      • Challenges, Pitfalls and Solutions: Dealing with New Linear Specifications.
    • Promoting R.S
      • Open Evening Ideas for A Level R.S
      • Fourth Subject Choice – Will this be the end of R.S?
      • What can I do with an A Level in Philosophy, Ethics or Religious Studies?
      • Promotional Video
      • Transition Materials
    • OCR Training
      • What you NEED to know from the OCR Training Course 2017!
      • Messages from Above: OCR Updates 2018
    • Top Recommendations: Text Books and Revision Guides
  • First Year: Philosophy, Ethics and Christian Thought
    • Philosophy
      • Plato: Ancient Philosophical Influences
        • ‘Critically assess the effectiveness of Plato’s arguments for understanding reality’: Student answers
      • Aristotle: Ancient Philosophical Influences
        • “Aristotle’s Prime Mover does not work as an explanation for the universe”: Student answers
      • Soul, Mind and Body: Philosophical Language and Thought
        • First Year Exam Paper Breakdown: Philosophy Soul Question
      • Teleological: Arguments based on Observation
      • Cosmological: Arguments based on Observation
        • First Year Exam Paper Breakdown: Philosophy Cosmological Question
      • Ontological: Argument based on Reason
      • Problem of Evil: God and the World
        • First Year Exam Paper Breakdown: Philosophy POE Question
        • Problem of Evil and the Holocaust
          • It is all about the number… Teaching the Holocaust
          • Leaving a Lasting Impression: Personalised Holocaust Memorials
      • Religious Experience: God and the World
        • “Religious experiences are an illusion of the mind”: Student’s Work
      • Extras
        • Goodbye GCSE…Hello A Level: Where to start when teaching A Level R.S
        • All Spec and no play: It’s Philosotree Time!
        • Philosophers meet Social Media: Homework get creative!
    • Ethics
      • Natural Law: Religious Approaches
      • Situation Ethics: Religious Approaches
      • Euthanasia: Application
        • Tackling the Application Essays
          • How to Write an Application Essay: Live Stream
          • “Natural law provides a helpful approach when dealing with issues surrounding euthanasia”: Student’s Work
          • First Year Exam Paper Breakdown: Ethics NL Question
      • Kantian Ethics: Normative Approaches
      • Utilitarianism: Normative Approaches
        • “Utilitarianism is more useful than Kantian Ethics when dealing with ethical dilemmas” Discuss: Student’s Work
      • Business Ethics: Application
        • Business Ethics Live Stream
    • Christian Thought
      • Augustine’s Teachings on Human Nature: DCT
        • St Augustine DCT: Live Stream
        • St Augustine: Improve Your Essay Technique
      • Death and the Afterlife: DCT
        • Death and Afterlife DCT: Live Stream
        • Death and Afterlife: Improve your Essay Technique
        • First Year Exam Paper Breakdown: DCT Death and Afterlife Question
      • Knowledge of God’s Existence: DCT
        • Natural and Revealed Knowledge of God: Live Stream
        • How to Answer DCT Essay Questions: Live Stream
      • The Person of Jesus: DCT
        • Person of Jesus: Live Stream
      • Christian Moral Principles: DCT
      • Christian Moral Action: DCT
  • Second Year: Philosophy, Ethics and Christian Thought
    • Philosophy
      • Nature of God: A2 Philosophy
      • Religious Language- Apophatic and Cataphatic Ways: A2 Philosophy
      • Religious Language-Twentieth Century Perspectives: A2 Philosophy
    • Ethics
      • Meta Ethics: A2 Ethics
      • Conscience: A2 Ethics
      • “Sssshhh we can’t talk about Sex!” Pointers to discuss in A2 Application Questions
    • Christian Thought
      • Religious Pluralism and Theology: A2 DCT
        • Pluralism and Theology: Student’s Work
      • Religious Pluralism and Society: A2 DCT
      • Gender and Society: A2 DCT
        • Gender and Society: Student’s Work
      • Gender and Theology: A2 DCT
      • Challenge of Secularism: A2 DCT
      • Liberation Theology and Marx: A2 DCT
      • Extras
        • How to Improve your Essay Technique: A-Level DCT Mock Exam
  • Essay Technique
    • The Four Steps to Teaching A01 & A02 Effectively
    • Essay Writing Tips Live Stream
    • How to Write an Essay
      • “How do I get my essay from a D to a C?”
      • Going for Gold: Achieving that A*
      • Let me ‘Introduce’ myself: Writing an Introduction
      • It’s Over: Concluding an Essay
      • Step by Step Paragraph Structure
    • Adding Description: A01
      • The Five Paragraph Rule
    • Adding Evaluation: A02
      • Adding the ‘critical’ to your critical analysis: Developing A02
      • “But I am evaluating!”… or are you just describing?
  • Exam Preparation
    • How to cope with Exam Stress
    • Philosophy
      • Predictions
        • Predictions for Philosophy 2018 (First and Second Year)
        • A Level Philosophy Predictions 2019
      • Exam Tips and Support
        • Panic “My Exam is Tomorrow!” Must Read for Philosophy 2018 (1st and 2nd Year)
    • Ethics
      • Predictions
        • Predictions for Ethics 2018 (First and Second Year)
        • A Level Ethics Predictions 2019
      • Exam Tips and Support
        • Panic “My Exam is Tomorrow!” Must Read for A Level Ethics 2018 (1st and 2nd Year)
    • Christian Thought
      • Predictions
        • Predictions for Christian Thought 2018 (First and Second Year)
        • A Level DCT Predictions 2019
      • Exam Tips and Support
        • Panic “My Exam is Tomorrow!” Must Read for Christian Thought 2018 (1st and 2nd Year)
      • How to Improve your Essay Technique: A Level Mock Exam Feedback
    • Examiner’s Reports
      • Examiner’s Reports: First Year
        • Examiner’s Report 2018: The Highlights
        • Examiner’s Report 2017: What can we learn?
      • Examiner’s Reports: Second Year
        • Examiner’s Report 2019: Any surprises?
        • Examiner’s Report 2018: The Highs and Lows
  • How Do I Revise?
    • Strategies
      • Top Revision Strategies
      • “Where do I start?”: Revising New Spec
      • Revision Must-Do: Blank Sheet Summary
      • “How do I improve my grade?”: Assess the Obvious
      • Revision ‘Secret’ Weapon: The Coverall!
    • Support
      • Revision Guides: Which ones are worth your money?
      • Revision Packs
  • *TEST your Knowledge*
    • First Year Quizzes
      • Philosophy
        • Plato
        • Body, Mind and Soul
        • Teleological Argument
        • Cosmological Argument
        • Ontological Argument
        • Problem of Evil Quiz
      • Ethics
        • Natural Law Quiz
        • Situation Ethics Quiz
        • Euthanasia Quiz
        • Kantian Ethics Quiz
        • Utilitarianism Quiz
    • Second Year Quizzes
      • Christian Thought
        • Pluralism and Theology Quiz
        • Gender and Society Quiz
        • Gender and Theology Quiz
  • Level 3 Criminology WJEC
    • AC 1.1 Supprt Videos
    • AC 1.2 Support Videos
  • Teaching, Learning and Assessment
    • Yearly Reflections
      • Teaching and Learning Reflections 2018-2019
      • Teaching and Learning Reflections 2019-2020
    • Online Teaching
      • Social Distance Group Work: Padlet
      • Online Teaching Strategies
      • Perks of the Surface Go for Virtual Feedback
    • Lesson Planning
      • Starters that Never Fail!
      • “But Miss it’s the end of the lesson!”: Perfect Plenaries
      • Adding the ‘power’ to your PowerPoint
      • When ‘Stretch’ becomes too ‘Challenging’!
    • Assessment, Marking and Feedback
      • Improve Your Essays Using Mark Schemes
      • Homework – who is it really ‘work’ for?
      • Bringing back the Red Pen: Effective Feedback
      • The Hunger Games Technique
    • Independent Learning
      • “You haven’t done the reading!” How to avoid Flipped Learning Flops
      • “Put your mobile phone away!”: Are you Kidding?
      • Dialogic Learning
        • PhilosoCast
        • Silent Discussions on Social Media!
        • How to Facilitate a Successful Classroom Discussion?
        • Welcome to the Boardroom: Discussion Activities
        • Are you a discussion ‘Log or Hog’?
  • Professional Development
    • CPD
      • Learning Sign Language
      • Fountain of Knowledge: MOOCs free online courses
      • Ensuring Questioning Impacts Students’ Learning
      • Who said ‘you can’t teach teachers’: TeachMeet
      • GROW and Staff Wellbeing
    • Pedagogy
      • The Science of Learning – What you need to know.
      • ResearchED: Keeping a finger on the pedagogy pulse.
    • Safeguarding
      • Autism Awareness: How aware are you?
  • Extra-Curricular
    • Charity Event for Sight Support
    • Trips
      • When in Rome…
      • Once Experienced Never Forgotten – A tour of Auschwitz
      • Holocaust Memorial Museum UK
    • Speakers and Workshops
      • Himalayan Singing Bowl Workshop
      • “You can’t be religious and a humanist”: Humanism Explored
      • Dr. Sentamu does Scarborough
  • University: UCAS
    • Teacher Toolkit: Thinking of Becoming a Teacher?
    • Writing the perfect UCAS application
    • The Reality of University
    • Time Saving Tips: University Essays and Coursework
  • Other
    • Festival of Education
    • Living Mindfully not Mindlessly
    • Films that will get you talking!
    • Book Reviews
      • The Man who Broke into Auschwitz
      • The Freedom Writer’s Diary.
      • My James
      • The Happening: Nickel Mines School Tradegy
      • Room
      • Beautiful
      • Beautiful Ever After
    • Old Spec: Philosophy and Ethics
      • AS Philosophy and Ethics
        • Old Spec: AS Philosophy
          • Must Know: C grade Minimum for AS (Old Spec)
        • Old Spec: AS Ethics
          • Vicar in the Hot Seat: Views on AS Application Topics (Old Spec)
          • Consulting the Crystal Ball: Predicting your AS Ethics Questions (Old Spec)
          • Panic “My Exam is Tomorrow!” Must Read for AS R.S
          • “What does that mean?” Understanding AS Ethics Questions
          • “What would Kant say about Abortion? Who knows!” Tackling the Application Essays
          • Leaving GCSE behind: Dealing with Christian Ethics (Old Spec)
      • A2 Philosophy and Ethics
        • A2 Philosophy
          • Panic “My Exam is Tomorrow!” Must Read for A2 R.S
        • A2 Ethics
          • “What would Aquinas say about the Environment? Who knows!” Tackling the Application Essays
          • Consulting the Crystal Ball: Predicting your A2 Ethics Questions (Old Spec)
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    • Revision Podcasts
      • Philosophy Revision Podcasts (First Year)
      • Ethics Revision Podcasts (First Year)
      • Doctrines of Christian Thought Revision Podcasts (First Year)
      • Philosophy Revision Podcasts (Second Year)
      • Ethics Revision Podcasts (Second Year)
      • DCT Revision Podcasts (Second Year)
    • Mark with Me
      • Religious Language A* Paper 2018
      • Nature of God A* Paper 2018
      • Meta Ethics A* Paper 2018
      • Conscience A* Paper 2018
    • Tips from a Tired Teacher Videos
      • Top Exam Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
      • How to Write a Good Introduction
      • How to Write an Effective Conclusion
      • How to Write an Argument
      • How to Write an Application Essay
      • Examiner’s Feedback from 2018 Exams
      • How to Revise
      • How to write a UCAS Personal Statement
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