Psychology Resources for Schools
Resources for students
Key Resource stage
Additional Reading
KS5 Bentall, R. & Beck. A.T. (2004) Madness Explained: Psychosis and Human Nature KS5 Butler, G and McManus, F. A Very Short Introduction to Psychology (O.U.P) KS5 Dennett, D.C. (1993) Consciousness Explained KS5 Goldacre, B. (2009) Bad Science KS5 Greenfield, S. (2002) The Private Life of the Brain KS5 Gross, R.D. (2005) Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour KS5 Hayes, N. (2000) Foundations of Psychology: An Introductory Text KS5 Hewstone M. Fincham F. and Foster J. (2005) Psychology KS5 Pinker, S. (1995) The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind KS5 Ramachandran, V.S. & Blakeslee S. (1999) Phantoms in the Brain: Human Nature and the Architecture of the Mind KS5 Ridley, M. (2004) Nature via Nurture: Genes, experience and what makes us human KS5 Sacks, O. (2011) The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat. KS5 International Classification of Disease 10 -Section V KS4-5 Cambridge University My HE Plus -super curricular psychology resources KS5 JSTOR- digital library with academic journal books, articles and more Websites
KS4-5 The British Psychological Society- information about career paths
KS4-5 British Psychological Society - A to Z of psychological terms.
KS4-5 British Psychological Society – Twitter account.
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KS4-5 simplypsychology.org – A range of resources across different areas of Psychology.
KS4-5 psychologytools.com A guide and tools to conduct your own behavioural. experiment.
KS4-5 verywellmind.com 23 Experiment Ideas for Psychology Assignments.
KS5 Sceince Daily- news and research about developments in Psychology
KS5 Things We Don’t know- news, articles and information about different areas of psychology
KS5 psychologicalscience.org The Association for psychological Science (previously the American Psychological Society) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of scientific psychology.
KS5 Social Psychology Network - The mission of Social Psychology Network is to promote peace, social justice, and sustainable living through public education, research, and the advancement of psychology.
KS5 bippnetwork.org.uk - The Black and Minority Ethnics in Psychiatry & Psychology Network is a social enterprise aiming to prioritise and advance the representation of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) backgrounds within psychiatry and psychology.
KS5 UK Association of Black Psychologists - Black/African Centred psychology is a dynamic manifestation of unifying African principles, values and traditions.
KS5 bmepsychology.com – Diversifying Psychology away from its white, western bias.
KS5 Psych central.com Psych Central is the Internet’s largest and oldest independent mental health social network.
KS4-5 Freud Museum London – Education page.
KS5 NHS News
KS4-5 sciencefriday.com - A range of resources covering different areas of Psychology.
KS5 Click view Psychology videos and educational resources
KS5 Psychology Hub a collection of resources to support psychology revision
KS5 Seneca Learning A Level Psychology revision resources
KS5 Seneca Learning - Free AQA Psychology App
KS5 S-Cool A Level Psychology revision resources
KS5 Spark notes- Psychology revision resources
KS4-5 khanacademy.org - Social sciences practice passage questions
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KS4-5 Purpose games- psychology games/resources/quizzes
KS4-5 Tumblr: Iteachpsych – Tumblr account full of helpful resources.
KS5 Springboard videos- short educational videos on a range of degree topics
KS5 Staircase 12 - An online hub of resources and information from Oxford University.
KS4-5 womeninstem.co.uk
Radio/Podcasts/TV/Videos/MOOCs
KS4-5 BBC Radio – scientific podcasts on a range of topics.
KS5 BBC Sounds- a range of psychology radio programmes
KS4-5 BBC Radio 4 - Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us.
KS5 BBC Radio 4 – The Brain: A Secret History.
KS5 BBC Radio 4 - Inside the Ethics Committee.
KS5 BBC All in the Mind podcast- programme exploring the limits and potential of the human mind
KS5 Oxford University Psychology podcasts
KS5 The Psychology podcast with Scott Barry Kaufman
KS5 The Pysch Files podcasts which focus on strategies to improve your memory
KS4-5 Sciencefriday.com – science Radio and Podcasts.
KS5 The Naked Scientists podcasts about neuroscience and more
KS5 The Life Scientific- podcasts about different Sceince topics including memory and behaviour
KS5 The Infinite Monkey Cage- podcasts about different aspects of science and life
KS5 The Guardian Long Audio reads- podcasts, articles and essays on a range of ethical issues
KS4-5 Flashforwardpod.com – podcasts about possible futures.
KS4-5 BBC Psychology of the Mind- documentaries
KS4-5 BBC Cognitive Psychology - documentaries
KS5 Oxford University Psychology Playlist- videos about studying experimental psychology and psychology, philosophy and linguistics. Videos include mock interviews, Q&A with undergraduates and course overviews
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KS4-5 Oxford University Research - Improving Access to Psychological Therapies: Using evidence to change policy
KS4-5 Oxford University Research - Nuffield Early Language Intervention: Spreading the Word
KS4-5 Oxford University Research- How people with depression see faces
KS4-5 Oxford University Research - From the Minds of Babes: New frontiers in paediatric pain
KS4-5 Oxford University Research- Building Consensus on Developmental Language Disorder
KS4-5 Oxford University Research- Voice Analysis for everyone: health monitoring by phone
KS5 Gresham College Videos- various psychology lectures
KS4-5 Freud Museum London – Video: What is Psychoanalysis? – Is it Weird?
KS4-5 YouTube - The Royal Society YouTube channel.
KS4-5 Smart by Design- various animated educational psychology videos
KS3-5 YouTube – Crash course in Psychology channel.
KS3-5 YouTube - Miss Earle Psychology channel.
KS3-5 YouTube - Psych Boost channel.
KS3-5 YouTube - RED Psychology channel.
KS3-5 YouTube - Super Psychology channel.
KS3-5 YouTube - The Psych Show, weekly adventures in Psychology.
KS5 Toddlers think for themselves- developmental psychology video
KS3-5 YouTube – TED Talks on Psychology channel.
KS3-5 Ted Talks - The struggle of mental health.
KS5 Yale Online Courses free online courses
KS5 Harvard Online Courses free online courses including neuroscience
KS5 Open University – Free Psychology courses from the O.U.
KS5 Free Online Psychology Moocs
KS5 EdX Free online courses
Magazines and Journals
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KS5 psychologytoday.com
KS5 The Psychologist
KS5 Psychology Review Magazine
KS5 The British Psychological Society – archive.
KS5 British Psychological Society – Research Digest.
KS4-5 Newscientist.com
KS4-5 The-scientist.com
KS4-5 Scientificamerican.com
KS4-5 Young Scientist Journal
KS4-5 Nature Magazine
KS5 Nature magazine – human behaviour.
KS4-5 Scitable – Nature magazines educational journal.
KS5 Particle magazine
KS5 Nationalgeographic.com
KS4-5 The Readers Digest
Competitions
KS-5 Hertford College, Oxford - Unsung Heroes of Science video competition.
KS4-5 The Oxford Scientist - Schools Competition.
KS4-5 Minds Underground, Psychology Essay Competition & Challenge
KS5 National psychology competition – Royal Holloway University, London.
Resources for teachers
Resource Notes
American Psychological APA approved resources for teachers teaching Association Psychology.
British Psychological Society Education and Training – teachers toolkit.
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Resource Notes
Psychology Hub A study guide and revision resources for students and Psychology teaching resources for teachers.
Tutor 2 U Free Teaching Resources for Psychology psychologicalscience.org Classroom Resources, Video tutorials, teaching blogs, classroom activities, and other creative inspiration Psychology lessons.
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