Physics A Level OCR

Session Leader

Mr Alessio Bernardelli

Alessio works for The Institute of Physics (IOP) as a Teaching and Learning Coach and as a Mentor for teachers of Science across England and Wales. He has also developed a number of national and international programmes to enhance STEM and STEAM skills. In Malaysia Alessio worked with the Ministry of Education to develop and roll out a programme of innovative STEM resource packs and training for schools at a national level, including developing train the trainer courses. In Mexico he worked for a national programme to develop and evaluate a series of Maths apps for primary education. Alessio also worked with the Mexican Academy of Science to improve their online resources and courses for teachers across the whole of Latin America. In Colombia he has trained primary school teachers and University Professors and Trainers in developing STEM skills within the Palabrario and Numerario programme developed by Fundacion Corona and Foundation Genesis. Alessio has been supporting and developing STEM and STEAM programmes in 14 countries worldwide with outstanding outcomes for all parties involved.

Alessio has won a number of national and international teaching awards for his innovative and creative use of technology in education (particularly in STEM subjects), including an award at the Worldwide Innovative Education Forum 2007. He has also worked with partners like Microsoft Education, Google, the BBC, the Times Educational Supplement (TES), Welsh Government, Oxford University Press, Nelson Thornes, Open University, BrainPOP, Twig World, etc…

Alessio is a published author with Scholastic with his GCSE Physics revision guide. In 2014 he created the highly effective Numerical Reasoning Resource Pack as an intelligent response to the introduction of the Literacy and Numeracy Framework (LNF) in Wales. The methodologies in the resource pack and associated training have directly contributed to significantly raising standards in numerical reasoning in all the schools that embedded these resources in their curriculum, with some schools reporting an increase in their national numerical reasoning test results of over 20% in all year groups since using Alessio’s strategies.

Alessio is currently completing an MSc in Teacher Education at Oxford University, where he is further developing his insights into effective professional development of teachers and STEM/STEAM learning and teaching. He is also a co-author of the research article "TASC: Thinking Actively in a Social Context. A universal problem-solving process” (Gifted Education International, 2012, Vol.28(1), pp.58-83 [Peer Reviewed Journal]).”

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