This INSET is to deepen teachers’ understanding of the new AQA A Level Philosophy specification from 2017. As well as providing an overview of the syllabus content, including changes from previous specifications, 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.

Programme:
10.00 Registration
10.30 Overview of the syllabus, with a focus on new material
11.30 Doing philosophy: philosophical argument and argument maps
12.30 Lunch
1.30 Assessment objectives, exams and mark schemes
2.30 Refreshments
3.00 Marking sample answers; and resources
4.00 Finish

£195 + VAT (including lunch and all refreshments) or £175 +VAT for bookings confirmed 6 weeks in advance of the event.

The conference is at Heythrop College, 23 Kensington Square, London W8 5HN, which is a short walk from High Street Kensington tube station on the Circle Line.

To book places for a conference please complete the online booking form or contact ALP:

E: bookings@alevelphilosophy.co.uk
T: 0845 618 7344