Mary Berry Doffs Her Bonnet – and Legitimates the Class Structure (Again)
I’ve blogged about how Mary Berry’s uses her middle class cultural capital to maintain the class-order through demonising working class […]
Sociology on TV
Contemporary Sociology
education, technology
Kahoot for teaching A-level sociology
Kahoot is an online quizzing platform which allows teachers to create multiple choice quizzes which can be played in-class by students, who
education, teaching and learning theory, technology
Socrative for Teaching and Learning A-Level Sociology
Socrative is a real-time feedback learning-tool which allows teachers to quickly produce multiple choice, true/ false or open ended questions
teaching and learning theory, technology
Using Quizlet for Teaching A-level Sociology
Quizlet is basically an online flashcard and quiz generator – you simply set up a discrete ‘study set’, for example,
Sex and gender, Sociology in the News
Westminster – A Culture of Harassment and Abuse?
The issue of sexual harrassment in Westminster has been in the news this week – here’s a round up of
digital education, education, teaching and learning theory, technology
Problems with the increasing involvement of technology companies in education
There are four main problems of the increasing role of large technology companies in education, all of which stem from
technology
How Technology Companies Manipulate our Behaviour
Tech companies intentionally design features to make products addictive, causing psychological harm and reduced autonomy, according to former Google staffer Tristan Harris. Techniques harnessing the compulsive nature of variable rewards, used in gambling, are exploited. Tech pundits say the tech industry represents the ‘largest and most centralised form of attentional control in human history.’
Marxism, Sociology on TV
Rich House, Poor House – Spreading the Myth of Meritocracy
In this Channel 5 series, one family in the ‘wealthiest 10%’ of Britain swap lives for a week with a
Crime and Deviance, Sociology in the News
Harvey Weinstein Scandal – A sign of ‘raised consciousness’ or just a decline in his personal power?
Harvey Weinstein’s history of sexual harassment has been headline news for over a week now, but what should we make
education, technology
Problems with Educational Technology
Neil Selwyn is critical of the technologically driven de-schooling agenda advanced by the likes of Sugata Mitra (who did