BPS Teachers’ Toolkit

Not to be confused with the much older (but still useful) Psychology Teachers Toolkit, this particular Teachers’ Toolkit has more-official origins in the sense it’s a co-production between the British Psychological Society and the Association for the Teaching of Psychology. While both sets of resources are aimed pretty-squarely at A-level / AP Psychology students, the BPS Toolkit covers a much wider range of resources than the lesson-plan focus of the Psychology Teachers’ Toolkit.

And while the latter is no-longer being updated, the BPS Toolkit seems to be going from strength-to-strength in terms of the range and depth of the free resources it has to offer.

Getting down to the important stuff, the site has two sections, the first of which, Videos, is probably the least-interesting unless you really have a thing about watching 30 – 60 second clips of different types of psychologist – educational, forensic and the like – talking about their job. There’s also a link to the main BPS YouTube Channel that has a serendipitous (and then some) mix of films, the most-interesting to me being the half-a-dozen short (60 second) clips offering useful study skills advice. Other viewers might, of course, find some of the many other films fascinating.

The second section, Teaching Resources, is probably the one most teachers will return to because it contains an interesting mix of resources, many of which are directly aimed at classroom teaching (Activities, Research methods, Contemporary research, Revision/study skills…). There are also sections on Careers, Open Evenings and Pedagogy (stuff on alternatives to conventional classroom teaching such as Flipped Learning and the like) and a link to the Psychology in the Classroom podcasts that are worth checking-out for stuff on teaching practice and study techniques.

The site seems to be updated with new material on a reasonably-consistent basis – the latest updates include things like Assessment for Learning, Understanding ADHD and A Student’s Guide to Personal Statements 2025.

And while this stuff isn’t going to win any prizes for innovation or boundary-pushing (it’s basically being produced under the no-doubt watchful eyes of the BPS), Psychology students and teachers are pretty-much guaranteed to find something here of interest and use.