AQA A Level Psychology Approaches Lesson Plans & Scheme of Work

A comprehensive set of lesson plans for the AQA A Level Psychology Approaches topic, designed to accompany a complete teaching sequence covering the six approaches required by the AQA specification.

This resource provides a clear, structured scheme of work and lesson-by-lesson teaching plan, helping teachers organise and deliver the Approaches topic with confidence.

WHAT’S INCLUDED?

• 8 detailed lesson plans
• Learning objectives for each lesson
• Lesson-by-lesson teaching sequence
• Retrieval practice suggestions
• Key knowledge and terminology
• Suggested student activities
• Application opportunities
• Assessment opportunities
• Exam practice
• Evaluation and comparison activities
• Homework suggestions
• Resources required for each lesson
• Whole-topic consolidation
• Assessment preparation

TOPICS COVERED

• Behaviourist Approach
• Social Learning Theory
• Cognitive Approach
• Biological Approach
• Psychodynamic Approach
• Humanistic Approach
• Comparison of Approaches
• Approaches Consolidation & Assessment Preparation

The plans provide a coherent teaching sequence rather than a collection of isolated lessons, making it easy to see how knowledge, application and exam skills develop throughout the topic.

IDEAL FOR

• AQA A Level Psychology teachers
• New and trainee Psychology teachers
• Teachers looking to reduce planning time
• Psychology departments developing a consistent curriculum
• Teachers looking for a structured AQA Psychology scheme of work
• Revision and intervention planning

These lesson plans can be used alongside AQA A Level Psychology Approaches PowerPoints and student resources, or adapted to suit your own teaching style and curriculum sequence.

AQA Psychology | A Level Psychology | Approaches | Behaviourism | Social Learning Theory | Cognitive Psychology | Biological Approach | Psychodynamic Approach | Humanistic Psychology | Psychology Lesson Plans | Scheme of Work | Exam Preparation