Skill Acquisition with Sport Psychology With Wes Davis Friday 26th January 9.30am -12.30pm

Outline: This webinar will explore a variety of teaching and learning strategies as well as
essential examination technique. With a focus on Skill Acquisition and Sports Psychology, it
will offer innovative strategies for memorising and evaluating challenging topic areas and
explore the concept of interleaving and cognitive load to develop strong AO3 skills. It is
suitable for teachers at all levels of experience. Course materials will be emailed before the event.

Focus:

Responding to the 2023 exam series
• key takeaways from paper 2
• tips for outstanding exam technique

Using innovative frameworks to compare topics:
• Stages of learning
• Practice types
• Social facilitation and social inhibitation

Creative approaches to explaining and evaluating:
• Learning theories
• Personality theories
• Aggression theories
• Craik and Lockhart’s Levels of Processing Model
• Reducing cognitive load with streamlined explanations

Effective study strategies
• Encouraging students to work independently

Timings:
9.30 – 10.45      Session One

10.45 – 11.00      Stretch break /refresh / discussion

11.00 – 12.15      Session Two

12.15 – 12.30      Chat will remain open

Tutor Profile – Wes Davis
• teaching and Learning Coordinator and Head of Sport at Worcester Sixth Form College
• >16 years’ experience teaching all components of OCR A-Level PE
• highly experienced A-level PE Examiner and Team Leader for a major awarding body
• recently shortlisted for the TES and Worcestershire Education Awards teacher of the year award
• experienced CPD provider