How do teachers teach ‘British Values’?
most schools repackage British Values and teach them through what they are already teaching, very few use them to get students to think critically about what citizenship means!
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
education
Winners and losers from the cancellation of A-level exams
The evidence suggests that if you’re white and middle class you’ll do OK out of A-levels being cancelled, not so if you’re BAME or poor.
education
Education and social control
How do schools try to control pupils? Some of the ways include academic surveillance, CCTV, teaching British Values. Prevent and the use of isolation units. It also explores how effective schools are as agents of social control.
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Contemporary Sociology of Education 2019-2020
Links to some contemporary sociology which students can use in their A-level sociology exams!
education
Class, gender and ethnicity and your chances of getting to university…
How does your social class background, your gender and your ethnicity influence your chances of getting into university?
education
Arguments for and against private schools
An exploration of the key facts on private or independent schools and some of the arguments and evidence for or against their existence.
education
Is the increasing number of graduates a good thing?
In 1950 there were 19700 young people graduated with a degree, in 2019 that figure will be around 1.4 million.
education
Videos and documentaries about education
A timeline of documentaries about education in England and Wales from 2010 to 2019.
education
How to Break Into the Elite
Why don’t working class graduates with good degrees get the best jobs?
education, Neoliberalism and The New Right
Evaluating the New Right’s Perspective on Education
results have improved since marketisation, but at the expense of teaching the test and widening class inequalities.