Welcome to the resource bank
This section contains articles about the teaching of philosophy in schools and links to useful sites, as well as teaching resources that have been developed by the BPA and may be freely downloaded. These teaching resources include suggested answers to past examination questions (mainly AQA philosophy papers) prior to June, 2010. Note that AQA provides exemplar answers for the June, 2010 paper. (You can find these at http://web.aqa.org.uk/qual/gce/humanities/philosophy_materials.php Click on Teacher Resource Bank and look at the sections for the individual units.)
Many of the files are in pdf format. To read them you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not already have this installed on your computer, you can download it free at www.get.adobe.com/uk/reader/
If you have any feedback to give us about the teaching resouces or anything else about the site, please e-mail us at answers@bpa.ac.uk.
Articles
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Teaching Philosophy in Schools.pdf |
The Philosophical Society of England has advocated both the use of philosophical material, and perhaps more importantly, philosophical methods in schools, a prominent strand in its history since the 1930s. We reprint from the archives Bernard Youngman's 1952 assessment of the task of a philosophical education. |
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Philosophy 4 Skool.pdf |
Philosophy 4 Skool by Michael Brett |
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Virtue Ethics in Action.pdf |
Some thoughts about applying virtue ethics to real-life problems, presented to students from King Edward VI School, Chelmsford at Trinity Hall, Cambridge on April 5, 2011. |
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Virtue ethics references.pdf |
References for "Virtue Ethics in Action" |
Links
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www.bpa.ac.uk |
BPA website |
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www.royalinstitutephilosophy.org |
Royal Institute of Philosophy website |
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www.alevelphilosophy.co.uk |
A very useful site for students and teachers of 'A' level philosophy and religious studies |
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philosophyonline.co.uk/ |
A site which, amongst many other things, provides material of interest to philosophy teachers in schools. Particularly useful are the summaries of two texts on the AQA 'A' level syllabus: Descartes' 'Meditations' and Nietzsche's 'Beyond Good and Evil'. |
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cw.routledge.com/textbooks/philosophy/ |
This site contains a number of excellent free resources for AQA A.S. and A2 philosophy |
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labspace.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=4352 |
An excellent resource from the Open University for teachers of philosophy, ethics and religious studies. This link is to the home page, but within the site you will find lists of resources cross-referenced to your syllabus. |
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plato.stanford.edu/ |
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, a very comprehensive and authoritative source of information, and usually quite accessible |
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/www.open.ac.uk/Arts/philosophy/AS-A2level.shtml |
Some useful Open University resources |
Newspaper Articles
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Wolff_Guardian.pdf |
Jonathan Wolff's artice from the Guardian on teaching philosophy in schools. |
Presentations
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Presentations.ppt |
A simple presentation about how to structure presentations |
Teaching resources
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DETERMINISM VS.ppt |
Presentation about determinism and free will |
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Argument test 1.ppt |
A series of general (non-philosophical) arguments that students can be asked to evaluate to test their thinking skills |
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Argument test 2.ppt |
A series of philosophical arguments that students can be asked to evaluate |
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TEACHER'S GUIDE.pdf |
Teacher's guide to the argument tests |
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TELLING GOOD ARGUMENTS FROM BAD.pdf |
Student's guide to argument tests |
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AQA PHILOSOPHY SYLLABUS WEB LINKS.pdf |
A series of links relevant to topics on the AQA philosophy 'A' level syllabus. |
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bibliography1.pdf |
A selection of introductory-level books and links |
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Jan 2009 unit 1 answers.pdf |
Suggested answers to selected questions from the philosophy A.S. unit 1 paper, January 2009 |
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Specimen unit 3 answers.pdf |
Suggested answers to selected questions in A2 philosophy unit 3 specimen paper. |
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Unit 1 specimen answers.pdf |
Suggested answers to selected questions in 'A' level philosophy unit 1 specimen paper. |
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Specimen unit 4 answers.pdf |
Suggested answers to selected questions in A2 philosophy unit 4 specimen paper. |
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June 2009 unit 1 answers.pdf |
Suggested answers to selected questions from the philosophy A.S. unit 1 paper, June 2009 |
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Unit 2 answers June 2009.pdf |
Answers to selected questions from the June 2009 unit 2 paper |
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APPLIED ETHICS.pdf |
A series of links and book references for topics in applied ethics |
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Unit 2 answers June 2009.pdf |
Answers to selected questions from the unit 2 A.S. paper, June 2009 |
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External world.pdf |
A handout for the unit 2 topic on our knowledge of the external world |
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Revised Unit 1 answers Jan 2010.pdf |
Suggested answers to selected questions from the philosophy A.S. unit 1 paper, January 2010 |
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Revised Unit 2 answers Jan 2010.pdf |
Suggested answers to selected questions from the philosophy A.S. unit 2 paper, January 2010 |
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Determinism and free will.pdf |
Support material for A.S. philosophy: Determinism and free will |
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Determinism and free will teachers guide.pdf |
Guide for support material on determinism and free will |
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Reason and experience.pdf |
Notes for the (compulsory) topic in unit 1 on Reason and Experience |
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Knowledge of the external world NEW.pdf |
A handout for the unit 2 topic on our knowledge of the external world |
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Why should I be governed.pdf |
Notes for the 'Why Should I be governed?' A.S. unit. |
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The idea of God.pdf |
Content notes on The Idea of God in A.S. unit 1. |