More on skills rather than subject knowledge
Although I know little about Politics as an academic subject I take a slight interest in Blair etc insofar as it impacts on Economics and Business Studies. Thus I am broadly familiar with Labour and Tory policies.
I am also familiar with reading newspapers and using the internet.
As we needed to cover AS in 8 lessons I set about planning what would be done.
Firstly I contacted tutor2u (contrary to what others may believe, I often buy resources from tutor2u). I bought their Exam Buster for AS Politics (Edexcel). I also had a whole load of notes on AS Politics from another student. Plus I bought Edexcel Politics Study Guides from Philip Alan. Plus a Letts Revision guide.
Thus I had the necessary resources.
I then split each of the three modules into two sections i.e. one section per lesson. (Each lesson was 2 hours)
I copied and pasted key elements of the notes from the exam buster into Word. Then using gap-fill I was able to create worksheets. In addition for past questions I used the tutor2u site plus Edexcel site plus the Philip Alan study guides. I'd type out a question, leave a gap for the pupil to fill in during tutorials and then we'd go through the suggested answer/notes.
For party ideology I used wikipedia (no gap fill) but then when the pupil turned the page, she had to list the main points from the articles.
To encourage reading I used tutor2u FPTP sample articles from the magazine plus I have subscribed to Prospect Magazine which has a lot of online articles.
This is all to encourage the pupil to read round the subject.
This procedure was then highly personalised as I'd put little comments throughout the text e.g. 'Now Nina, we've just done Pressure Groups, list the five points covered' and then leave a box for her to fill in.
This way Nina (pupil) now has a whole set of notes and questions to practice on that directly cover the Edexcel syllabus.
This procedure - notes, summaries, looking at exam reports, key points, past paper questions, Study Guide questions, mock exams done to time - will be used for A2 politics too.
Yesterday she and I were talking about A2. 'I don't know how I will remember it all' she said. 'But look at me!' I said, 'I have to cover A2 from scratch in 2-3 weeks!'
Which is correct as I have never read anything about A2 Edexcel Politics - America BUT we (OSL) do have a mind map book about it so I could use some of those.
The key thing is organisation and confidence.
I know she is following the right path because we're limpet-like sticking to the syllabus. She is being tested regularly. Her notes (from several sources) are pre-printed or gap-fill, which saves time. We also spend a lot of time on definitions and short-answer questions (I have the answers, she just has the questions).
Plus, using the Guardian andBBC I update material there a lot e.g. the May Elections now will be included in the next set of notes with a comprehension question on them.
I am also familiar with reading newspapers and using the internet.
As we needed to cover AS in 8 lessons I set about planning what would be done.
Firstly I contacted tutor2u (contrary to what others may believe, I often buy resources from tutor2u). I bought their Exam Buster for AS Politics (Edexcel). I also had a whole load of notes on AS Politics from another student. Plus I bought Edexcel Politics Study Guides from Philip Alan. Plus a Letts Revision guide.
Thus I had the necessary resources.
I then split each of the three modules into two sections i.e. one section per lesson. (Each lesson was 2 hours)
I copied and pasted key elements of the notes from the exam buster into Word. Then using gap-fill I was able to create worksheets. In addition for past questions I used the tutor2u site plus Edexcel site plus the Philip Alan study guides. I'd type out a question, leave a gap for the pupil to fill in during tutorials and then we'd go through the suggested answer/notes.
For party ideology I used wikipedia (no gap fill) but then when the pupil turned the page, she had to list the main points from the articles.
To encourage reading I used tutor2u FPTP sample articles from the magazine plus I have subscribed to Prospect Magazine which has a lot of online articles.
This is all to encourage the pupil to read round the subject.
This procedure was then highly personalised as I'd put little comments throughout the text e.g. 'Now Nina, we've just done Pressure Groups, list the five points covered' and then leave a box for her to fill in.
This way Nina (pupil) now has a whole set of notes and questions to practice on that directly cover the Edexcel syllabus.
This procedure - notes, summaries, looking at exam reports, key points, past paper questions, Study Guide questions, mock exams done to time - will be used for A2 politics too.
Yesterday she and I were talking about A2. 'I don't know how I will remember it all' she said. 'But look at me!' I said, 'I have to cover A2 from scratch in 2-3 weeks!'
Which is correct as I have never read anything about A2 Edexcel Politics - America BUT we (OSL) do have a mind map book about it so I could use some of those.
The key thing is organisation and confidence.
I know she is following the right path because we're limpet-like sticking to the syllabus. She is being tested regularly. Her notes (from several sources) are pre-printed or gap-fill, which saves time. We also spend a lot of time on definitions and short-answer questions (I have the answers, she just has the questions).
Plus, using the Guardian and
Chris Sivewright
posted by Duncan Williamson @ 5:06 PM
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