Last Updated on January 1, 2018 by Karl Thompson
Station based lessons are those in which the teacher sets up a number of different (and differentiated) tasks on different tables in the class room and students spend a set time at each table, moving from task to task.
I find these are most useful at the very beginning of the Winter and Easter terms, after students have done sufficient sociology to enable them to work through said tasks largely on their own, with the teacher acting only as a facilitator…
This is precisely what I’ll be doing with my Upper sixth groups when I face the horror and terror of going back to school on Thursday…. Station lessons make things a little easier…
Here’s one to try out, based on recapping consensus theories of crime and deviance, links to the resources are below.
Overview plan:
- students spend about 30-40 minutes working through the 5 stations, 5-7 minutes on each of five separate stations.
- students spend about 20-30 minutes ‘writing up’ the answers in the attached booklets.
Resources
- Consensus Theories of Crime Recap Lessons.
- White board for task
- A3 photocopies of pages 2-4 above for stations 2, 3, and 5.
- Card sorts for task 4 (I don’t have these to hand, but you simply need cards with concepts, and pictures and perspectives – this is more of a general recap rather than a consensus theory of crime recap),
Station 1: White Board Station (AO1 – Knowledge)
- Explain your one of the consensus theories of crime in picture form – you may use three words also.
Station 2: AO1 Concepts Station (A01 – Knowledge)
- Research and write in the definitions for two-three of the concepts
- If you finish, add in an example or piece of supporting evidence which illustrates the concept
Station 3: Data Response Station (AO2 – Application)
- Read the item, then for one theory write in how that theory would explain the case study in the item.
Station 4: Card Game Station (AO3 – Analysis)
- Game 1: Shuffle the concepts and theories cards – pick two (or three!) at random, suggest a link between them.
- Game 2: Rank the ‘case studies cards’ – rank them in order of how well they support your assigned theory.
Station 5: Evaluation Station (AO3 – Evaluation)
- Add in as many evaluation points as possible for one theory
- If you finish, then add in counter-evaluation to the previous evaluations of theories
Further comments
There’s not a lot else to say really… this was just a New Year’s post for all the sociology teachers out there, happy new year!