Why Intelligence Doesn’t Explain Success
A summary of Malcom Gladwell’s ‘Outliers’ chapter 3: The Trouble With Genius, Part 1. Over the past Decade, Chris Langan […]
Book summaries, education
education
Sociological perspectives on the role and functions of education in society; the significance of in-school processes such as teacher labelling and subcultures for pupil identities; explanations for differences in educational achievement by social class, gender and ethnicity; the impact of education policies of marketization, selection and privatisation, and the globalization of education
Durkheim’s Perspective on Education
Emile Durkheim argued that schools were essential for ‘imprinting’ shared social values into the minds of children. He believed schools would play a central role in forming modern societies.
education, Exams and revision advice
Do exam results matter?
So it’s A level result’s day and you’ve stuffed up. But do exam results actually matter? IF you wish to pursue
education
Do bad exam results matter?
Results day tomorrow, and I predict that Social Media will be full of comments by celebrities telling students that exam
education
Why IQ Tests May not Measure Intelligence
The American psychologist Arthur Jensen (1973) defines intelligence as ‘abstract reasoning ability’ – the ability to discover the rules, patterns
education, Postmodernism and Late Modernsim
Changing Education Paradigms
In this TED talk, Sir Ken Robinson argues that our current educational systems are still based on a industrial paradigm
education, Marxism
The Illusion of the Equality of Opportunity
Marxist sociologists Bowles and Gintis argue that capitalist societies are not meritocratic. Against Functionalists, they argue that it is not
education
Sociology of Education – Good Resources
Useful sources of quantitative and qualitative data for teaching and learning about the sociology of education… with a focus on
education, Race and Ethnicity
Tony Sewell – explaining black boys’ underachievement
Tony Sewell suggested an anti-school culture may be responsible for the underachievement of black boys.
education
The Myth of the American Dream
Part of the traditional American Dream is that anyone, even children from low income families, can work their way through