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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)