Revised Nuffield Advanced Biology: Study Guides

Published by the Nuffield Foundation, the two Revised Nuffield Advanced Biology Study Guides contained the core of the work of the revised scheme. Consultation with teachers and others had led to these recommendations for the revised programme:

1. That the processes of biology, rather than the content, should be emphasised (the lack of content had been criticised in the past but the new form of the study guide was intended to remedy the deficiency of factual material).

2. That the material must be appropriate to, and appeal to, those students who would not continue with an academic study after A-level, as well as to those who would do so.

3. That the central theme should be the whole organism, although there might be several subsidiary themes.

4. That there should be a modest development of learning through historical aspects so that students could appreciate how present day knowledge and ideas have been reached.