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Application

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Delivery guides are designed to represent a body of knowledge about teaching a particular topic and contain:

  • Content: A clear outline of the content covered by the delivery guide;
  • Thinking Conceptually: Expert guidance on the key concepts involved, common difficulties students may have, approaches to teaching that can help students understand these concepts and how this topic links conceptually to other areas of the subject;
  • Thinking Contextually: A range of suggested teaching activities using a variety of themes so that different activities can be selected which best suit particular classes, learning styles or teaching approaches.

Curriculum Content

Overview

Features of insomnia, the role of the nervous system and its management through relaxation techniques and the role of the physical environment in insomnia and its treatment through improved sleep hygiene. 

The impact of neurological damage to the hypothalamus on sleep.

Thinking Conceptually

Overview

General approaches: 

Learners can use their creativity to communicate their knowledge and understanding of relaxation techniques and the role the physical environment plays in sleep hygiene. Using questionnaires, learners could collect some primary data and analyse the sleep routines of others. They could then use the results to make suggestions on improving sleep hygiene using the material they have learned. 

Common misconceptions or difficulties learners may have: 

Quantitative and qualitative data is often confused; designing a questionnaire investigating sleep hygiene may help learners to understand the difference between them and evaluate their usefulness in data analysis. 

Conceptual links to other areas of the specification – useful ways to approach this topic to set learners up for topics later in the course: 

This subtopic provides a good opportunity to link research methods. Learners can design their own questionnaires and conduct mini primary data collections. These can then be written up as mini practical investigations. Using open and closed questions would also facilitate discussions on strengths and limitations of quantitative and qualitative data types. 

Neuropsychology is assessed throughout the whole specification; the role of the hypothalamus here provides connections to other topics.

Thinking Contextually

Overview

The focus of this subtopic is on application. Sleep hygiene is relevant to us all and so learners can give the topic context by applying the material to their own sleep patterns and environments. There is an opportunity to link research methods; utilising the self-report method to collect primary data. Learners can engage in informative activities, designing educational leaflets or their own relaxation techniques to aid healthy sleep.

Improved sleep hygiene

A BBC guide. Section 3 explores things that can keep you awake. A useful resource for stimulating discussion into sleep hygiene.

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Sleep hygiene: 1

Learners write a list of their usual sleep routine and then divide the characteristics into those they believe promote sleep hygiene and those that may inhibit it. This will stimulate discussion in the different practices and habits that are necessary to have good sleep quality and full daytime alertness.

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Sleep hygiene: 2

Design a questionnaire to investigate sleep hygiene as a link to research methods. Learners could use a mix of open and closed questions and carry out a data collection activity. 

This could then be written up as a mini practical and then evaluated. The results of the questionnaire could be used to make suggestions on improving sleep hygiene using the material learned.

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Management of insomnia: 1

Learners design a health education leaflet informing readers on the features of insomnia and how relaxation techniques and changes in the physical environment can help to improve sleep hygiene. The website provides useful information on sleep hygiene.

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  • How to cope with sleep problems
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Management of insomnia: 2

Similarly, learners could design a poster that would be displayed in a health centre/sleep clinic promoting sleep hygiene.

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Management of insomnia - the role of the physical environment

Alternatively, learners could draw a diagram representing the ideal physical environment for good sleep hygiene adding information to their images to describe.

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Management of insomnia - relaxation techniques

There are a multitude of short video clips on YouTube describing and illustrating different relaxation techniques to promote sleep. Learners could even design their own technique.

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The impact of neurological damage to the hypothalamus on sleep.

Role play activity. In pairs, one learner plays the role of an individual who has neurological damage to their hypothalamus and is experiencing difficulties in sleeping. The other learner has to explain why these difficulties are occurring. There is a lot of material available to help learners explore the hypothalamus and its role in sleep, one website is listed here.

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Acknowledgements

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OCR’s resources are provided to support the teaching of OCR specifications, but in no way constitute an endorsed teaching method that is required by the Board and the decision to use them lies with the individual teacher. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the content, OCR cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions within these resources. We update our resources on a regular basis, so please check the OCR website to ensure you have the most up to date version. 

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