This INSET is to deepen teachers’ understanding of the AQA A Level Philosophy specification. It will cover the distinct approach to philosophy of this specification, e.g. in contrast with understandings of philosophy in Religious Studies, and the implications this approach to philosophy has for teaching and marking. You are welcome to bring sample student work to peer mark.

Programme:
10.00 Registration
10.30 Doing philosophy: philosophical argument
11.30 Teaching philosophy: argument maps and activities
12.30 Lunch
1.30 Marking: assessment objectives, mark schemes, sample answers
2.30 Refreshments
3.00 Marking: contd.; Q and A
4.00 Finish

£210 + VAT (including lunch and all refreshments) or £195 +VAT for bookings confirmed 6 weeks in advance of the event.

The conference is at Lumen URC, 88 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9RS which is a short walk from Russell Square tube station.

T: 0845 618 7344