AS Leves in philosophy, law and media - revision ideas?

Keeping_Motivated

My son is taking the above exams soon, English too, and I wondered if there are any sites/papers/books I could locate to help him with this revision?

He is doing one hour per day revision most days is this enough?

Any tips/ideas would be gratefully received.

KM x

Stubert

It will depend what board is he doing stuff on but when I was revising for my media alevel, after a quick dig around in my old bookmarks I found: http://www.litnotes.co.uk/

Which has loads of resources and essays on media subjects that he will probably be cover but I cant say for sure as I really can't remember what I did nearly 5 years ago!

Stubert

Oh and an our a day definitely isn't enough unless he happens to know everything about the subject already!

bc3000

i did philosophy AS and there isn't a lottttt you can do other than background reading and going thru/making notes. it's a bit different tho, because everything sort of fits in together, rather than you having to remember lots of random pieces of info, if you know what i mean?

hustle90

I do media now. He should ask his teacher for a few past exam papers and go through them all. Media is hard work, so he really needs to look at previous papers to get a feel for how the questions are going to be presented.

QueenDebbie

I did A Level Philosophy (and did very well!), and I revised by going through my course notes and just writing the key concepts and ideas on little postcards. When I took my exams you were given an idea and had to use theories to try and prove/disprove the idea. The most helpful thing he could do is ask for more mock exam papers from his tutor and doing these under exam conditions at home. This may help him realise where his strengths and weaknesses are, give him some practice at constructing his arguments and making sure he can get everything written down within the time limits.

As long as he knows the important theories and gets some practice in, he should be alright.

Arular

I'm currently revising for my Philosophy & Theology A Level, I do the two together, in one single A Level, is this the same as your son?

I find high-lighters are a brilliant buy, go through your notes (And the class notes, my teacher is very good at this actually and prints every student a copy of ALL the powerpoints we do in class for revision purposes) and high-light the important parts, this means that you are not only reading through all your material, you're also making it easier for your next read-through.

In my course, the synoptic (and theology side) of the course includes a lot of Bible quotes and passages, if this is the case I find making colourful, eye-catching posters with all the information you need and sticking them around the house (works very well with bedroom doors and the FRIDGE!) a MUST! Then it's almost subliminal, you always give them a check and they start going in pretty easily, and you'll be suprised how much you remember!

I am doing 3 different A Levels (Not including general studies) and find that about 2hrs on each PER DAY is pretty much enough. This might sound pretty steep, 6hours per day, but it's less than an average college day, and you can give yourself the whole day to complete this. Another thing I find very useful is breaks, little and often I do, if you keep on top of your work there is no need to cram it all in the day before the exam.

Hope this helps, and I hope that your son does really well on his exams!

proudmum_3

My Son did Media A level and besides going through class notes & making new notes from them, he went over some past exam papers to get a feel for the types of questions that would be asked.
I remember he used to go into school, sometimes for just half a day to revise (plus they ran extra revision classes) He found it easier to concentrate at school with no distractions from home. Still the same now at Uni. He would rather spend time in the library than coming home for a few days where he says he would just catch up with friends!
I am sure your son will do well. He is a lucky lad having a supportive parent.
Wish him luck.