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I have been teaching for over 10 years in schools and sixth form settings, with additional responsibilities of delivering the EPQ qualification, involvement with transition from primary school to Year 7, and supporting progression to university

I have been teaching for over 10 years in schools and sixth form settings, with additional responsibilities of delivering the EPQ qualification, involvement with transition from primary school to Year 7, and supporting progression to university
Sociology - Education with Theory and Methods - Ethnicity: External
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Sociology - Education with Theory and Methods - Ethnicity: External

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This lessons covers the internal factors relating to ethnicity and achievement Students explore and evaluate key theories through personal experiences of school and current research: Labelling and teacher racism Pupil identities Pupil responses and subcultures Institutional racism Activities include: Discussion around Stormzy’s Scholarships Drawing representations of Archer’s pupil identities Flow chart of interactionism and ethnicity Colour-coding and comparison of internal vs. external Example paragraph and essay plan provided at the end (Lesson follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study)
Sociology - Education with Theory and Methods - Ethnicity: Internal
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Sociology - Education with Theory and Methods - Ethnicity: Internal

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This lessons covers the external factors relating to ethnicity and achievement Students explore and evaluate key theories through personal experiences of school and current research: Cultural deprivation Material deprivation Racism Activities include: Discussion around a clip from ‘Are our kids tough enough? Chinese School’ Groupwork on statistics relating to achievement (SATs, GCSEs, A-levels and Degrees) Research task into material deprivation and ethnicity - fact-finding Racism and educational achievement flow chart Example paragraph and essay plan provided at the end (Lesson follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study)
Sociology - Education with Theory and Methods - Class: Internal
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Sociology - Education with Theory and Methods - Class: Internal

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This lessons covers the internal factors relating to class and achievement Students explore and evaluate key theories through personal experiences of school and current research: Labelling Halo Effect Self-fulfilling prophecy Setting and streaming Educational Triage Subcultures Activities include: Groupwork on labelling case studies Card sorts to show cause and effect Analysis of Simpsons clip - Principal Seymour Analysis of Mean Girls clip - cafeteria subcultures MIchaela School: a case study Example paragraph and essay plan provided at the end (Lesson follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study)
Sociology - Education with Theory and Methods - Class: External
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Sociology - Education with Theory and Methods - Class: External

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This lessons covers the external factors relating to class and achievement Students explore and evaluate key theories through personal experiences of school and current research: Cultural -parental education, cultural capital, language, working class subculture Material - Home, diet and health, cost of education, fear of debt Activities include: Data analysis - exam results from KS2 - HE ‘The History Boys’ clip - analysis in relation to cultural capital Reading ‘Six O’Clock News’ - a poem by Tom Leonard Spot the difference - elaborated and restricted code The Marshmallow Test - video Research into two schools Example paragraph and essay plan provided at the end (Lesson follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study)
Sociology - Education with Theory and Methods - Interactionism
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Sociology - Education with Theory and Methods - Interactionism

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This lessons covers the Interactionist method of understanding on Education. Students explore and evaluate key theories through personal experiences of school: Labelling The Halo Effect Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Setting and Streaming Educational Triage Subcultures Activities include: Discussion around a video clip of Ian Wright with a teacher Labelling an ‘ideal pupil’ Analysing the Jane Elliot ‘Blue Eyes Brown Eyes’ experiment Self-fulfiling prophecy card sort Example paragraph and essay plan provided at the end (Lesson follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study)
Sociology - Education with Theory and Methods - Postmodernism
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Sociology - Education with Theory and Methods - Postmodernism

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This lessons covers the Postmodern perspective on Education. Students explore and evaluate key theories through personal experiences of school and research into educational news: Individualisation Choice Lifelong learning Globalisation Activities include: Modernism vs. Postmodernism comparison table Group research task into 3 schools Analysis of Ken Robinson lecture - ‘Do schools kill creativity?’ Example paragraph and essay plan provided at the end (Lesson follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study)
Sociology - Education with Theory and Methods - Feminism
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Sociology - Education with Theory and Methods - Feminism

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This lessons covers the Feminist perspective on Education. Students explore and evaluate key theories through personal experiences of school and research into educational news: Patriarchy in education Gender stereotypes in education The gender pay gap Activities include: Analysing a clip from ‘No more girls and boys’ Looking at graphs and statistics relating to achievement, subject choice, and gendered staffing Example paragraph and essay plan provided at the end (Lesson follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study)
Sociology - Education with Theory and Methods - Marxism
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Sociology - Education with Theory and Methods - Marxism

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This lessons covers the Marxist perspective on Education. Students explore and evaluate key theories through personal experiences of school and research into educational news: Reproducing class inequality Legitimising class inequality Maintaining capitalism Activities include: Looking at the 2016 SATs exam and cultural capital Watching a clip from The Simpsons about the ‘CAN’T’ test Analysing a clip from Educating Manchester in relation to the Hidden Curriculum Example paragraph and essay plan provided at the end (Lesson follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study)
Sociology - Education with Theory and Methods - The New Right
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Sociology - Education with Theory and Methods - The New Right

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This lessons covers the New Right perspective on Education. Students explore and evaluate key theories through personal experiences of school and research into educational news: Choice Marketisation Privatisation Meritocracy Includes an example paragraph and essay plan (Lesson follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study)
Sociology - Education with Theory and Methods - Functionalism
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Sociology - Education with Theory and Methods - Functionalism

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This lessons covers the Functionalist perspective on Education. Students explore and evaluate 4 key theories through personal experiences of school and research into educational news: Socialisation Bridge Human Capital Role Allocation Includes an example paragraph and essay plan (Lesson follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study)
Sociology - Education with Theory and Methods - Introduction
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Sociology - Education with Theory and Methods - Introduction

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An introduction to the ‘Education with Theory and Methods’ topic on the AQA Specification Students are challenged to think about the concept of education by watching different Youtube clips, and discussing the purpose of education, and whether it is successful (Lesson follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study)
Sociology - Families and Households - Complete Scheme of Work
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Sociology - Families and Households - Complete Scheme of Work

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A full scheme of work covering the ‘Families and Households’, AQA A-level Sociology. This includes engaging lesson powerpoints, student activity handbooks, exam questions and example answers. Topics covered: Introduction Functionalism and the Family Marxism and the Family Feminism and the Family New Right and the Family Postmodernism and the Family Family Diversity Family Patterns Couples Childhood Policies Demographics (Follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study)
Sociology - Families and Households - Demographics
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Sociology - Families and Households - Demographics

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A lesson covering ‘Demographics’ in the ‘Families and Households’ topic. The lesson supports the key areas of demographics: Birth and fertility rates Death rates Infant mortality rates The ageing population and life expectancy Migration Activites to support students with explaining cause and effect (Follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study)
Sociology - Families and Households - Policies
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Sociology - Families and Households - Policies

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A lesson covering ‘Policies’ in the ‘Families and Households’ topic. The lesson supports students to create group presentations on 3 key governments: Conservative Government (1979-1997), Labour Government (1997-2010) and the Coalition Government (2010-2015) Students to explain how policies affect the family, and how this reflects sociological perspectives (Follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study)
Sociology - Families and Households - Childhood
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Sociology - Families and Households - Childhood

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A lesson covering ‘Childhood’ in the ‘Families and Households’ topic. This includes key questions including ‘Is childhood a social construct?’ and ‘To what extent have experiences of childhood improved?’ Activities include: Analysis of key theories using modern examples Mini primary research task into ‘how happy are children today?’ Discussion around Black Mirror episode ‘Archangel’ relating to Helicopter Parenting (Follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study)
Sociology - Families and Households - Couples
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Sociology - Families and Households - Couples

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A lesson covering ‘Couples’ in the ‘Families and Households’ topic - this includes gender roles, domestic labour, decision-making power relationships and the ‘dark side of the family’ A debate thread runs through the whole lesson - to what extent is the contemporary family symmetrical? Students conduct research into domestic labour, decision-making and the dark side of the family to use contemporary examples for a final debate Covers key theories including Parsons, Bott and Wilmott and Young (Follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study)
Sociology - Families and Households - Trends in Cohabitation, Marriage, Divorce and Childbearing
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Sociology - Families and Households - Trends in Cohabitation, Marriage, Divorce and Childbearing

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A lesson covering ‘family trends’ in the ‘Families and Households’ topic This lesson centres around a group research task - students are allocated a topic (cohabitation, LATs, marriage, divorce or childbearing) and must create a handout and presentation regarding the trends. A group discussion follows. (Follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study)
Sociology - Families and Households - Family Diversity
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Sociology - Families and Households - Family Diversity

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A lesson covering ‘Family Diversity’ in the ‘Families and Households’ topic Activities include: ‘Higher or lower’ family diversity game Family type pictionary Research task on contemporary family statistics Life course analysis discussion Bowling ‘cause and effect’ activity - factors and family types (Follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study)
Sociology - Families and Households - Postmodernism
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Sociology - Families and Households - Postmodernism

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A lesson covering the Postmodernist perspective in the ‘Families and Households’ topic Activities include: Discussion around a ‘Peppa Pig’ clip ‘Domino effect’ cause and effect activity relating to globalisation Group evaluation using news articles (Follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study)
Sociology - Families and Households - The New Right
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Sociology - Families and Households - The New Right

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A lesson covering the New Right perspective in the ‘Families and Households’ topic Activities include: Discussion around an interview with Danny Kruger, Tory MP Group evaluation using news articles (Follows a ‘Be more chef’ model - the lesson takes cooking as an analogy for the starter, main and plenary. The ‘Be more chef’ concept pushes students to go beyond the recipe at the end of the lesson, and strive towards additional independent study)