Raj Bonsor

About

• Raj has been a full-time Senior Content Creator for Psychology and Sociology at Save My Exams since September 2024

• Raj had spent the previous fifteen years in the classroom, teaching hundreds of GCSE and A Level students in Essex. She has successfully taught a range of Level 3 subjects, including criminology, health & social care, and citizenship. She has held a number of positions, including Subject Leader for Psychology and Sociology. Her favourite topics to teach are research methods and attachment

• Outside of the classroom, Raj has extensive experience as a private tutor and examiner for psychology GCSE and A Level. More recently, she collaborated with senior examiners on the development of mark schemes for psychology A Level

• Her enthusiasm for psychology stems from the decision to study the subject at A Level herself. Since then, she has been motivated to spread her passion for psychology to others and has enjoyed inspiring students to study the subject at university

• Raj has a special enthusiasm for the impact that technology can have on education. Consequently, she has helped students and colleagues make greater use of digital learning resources, such as Microsoft Teams, which she integrated into the curriculum to support students learning throughout the 2020 pandemic and beyond

• Additionally, Raj served as a supervisor for students completing their extended project qualification and mentored student teachers, all of whom went on to obtain qualified teacher status (QTS)

• When she is not working, Raj enjoys health and fitness, travelling, spending time outdoors with her family, and watching sports, particularly football

Education

• Raj graduated from the University of Derby with a BSc (Hons) in Psychology

• She completed her PGCE M Level with QTS at the University of Wolverhampton

Expertise

• Raj has taught sociology, criminology and health & social care at KS4 and specialises in psychology A Level and GCSE

• Her main exam board of expertise is AQA A Level psychology

• Raj excels at fostering critical thinking in learners and has created useful techniques to help students draw connections between various psychology and sociology topics.

• She loves creating challenging questions and designing revision and retrieval templates to support students with their revision strategy

Top revision quote for students

• “I always remind my Psychology students to apply their knowledge of cognitive neuroscience to their revision! The more frequently they practice recalling information from memory, the more likely it is to be retained in their long-term memory. The trace that learning leaves on the brain becomes permanent as the neural connections are strengthened with repeated practice.”