I sometimes think about sport when thinking about learning. In this case, basketball and shooting a hoop. It’s one part of the game but an essential one. Practising shooting is important as when you get the ball it’s a chance to score. Leaving it to chance would seem foolish. Being able to do it once … More Progress is being able to do it again…and again | missdcox
I sometimes think about sport when thinking about learning. In this case, basketball and shooting a hoop. It’s one part of the game but an essential one. Practising shooting is important as when you get the ball it’s a chance to score. Leaving it to chance would seem foolish. Being able to do it once … More Progress is being able to do it again…and again | missdcox
The previous post included a possible question for the Augustine topic, and a link to my mind map on the pre and post-lapsarian will (pre and post Fall). Some things to bear in mind when looking at how Original Sin corrupts humans and societies: The will is key to it in Augustine. The will is … More DCT exam 2018 part 3 | Matthew Livermore
In this post I want to look at some elements of Augustine’s view of human nature, as we identified in part 1 that this topic is likely to come up in the DCT exam. I did previously write an answer to the question ‘To what extent has Augustine’s teaching on human nature caused more harm than … More OCR AS DCT Exam June 2018 Part 2 | Matthew Livermore
I hope today’s Ethics exam went well for all of you. My year 12 students were quite happy with the questions – they fell into the same pattern of being on the three subjects that hadn’t come up last year again, so that was good. Plus 2 of them were fairly general questions – critically … More OCR AS DCT Exam June 2018 part 1 | Matthew Livermore
To what extent is Christianity a significant contributor to society’s culture and values? To what extent should it be? “The great world cultures, like China and India and Islam, are classical examples of a moral order. Each of them possesses or possessed a sacred law and system of values on which its social life was … More The Challenge of Secularism | Matthew Livermore
Well after the success of my last post in which I accurately predicted the three areas that would come up… Actually let me burst my own bubble a bit here; as it is a new specification and there has only been one set of three questions for philosophy last year OCR would be unlikely to … More OCR AS Ethics Exam 25th May | Matthew Livermore
by Amanda Hubball, Alfreton Nursery School Prior to introducing P4C into our school curriculum, our approach to learning had always been based around the belief that children should not have external limitations imposed on their experiences and that every individual should be immersed in high aspirations and an intrinsic belief in the value of their … More Philosophy for Children at Alfreton Nursery School | lizzylewissapere
So today’s philosophy AS exam was interesting… The questions were in the three general areas that I indicated: Ancient Greek Philosophy Religious Experience Ontological Argument Of course, I did not completely nail the titles. But a question on Aristotle’s view of reality, a question on conversion experiences and a question on Kant’s view of the … More Revision Strategies | Matthew Livermore
Earlier I shared a video I tried to make with advice for tomorrow’s AS exam. I say tried to make because my 4 year old daughter tried to steal the show… Exam Advice Anyway, My key advice was from the examiner’s report last year – In the AO1 don’t just write everything you know/all the … More OCR Philosophy AS Exam May 17th | Matthew Livermore
The RE and Philosophy Echo Chamber 