Explaining the Gender Gap in Education
Changes in women’s employment, family life, ambitions, socialisation and the impact of feminism all explain the gender gap in education
education, Sex and gender
education
education, Gender and education
The Gender Gap in Education
In 2022 girls still tend to do better than boys in GCSE, A-levels, BTECs and are much more likely to go to university.
education
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
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.
education
Contemporary Sociology of Education 2019-2020
Links to some contemporary sociology which students can use in their A-level sociology exams!
sociology teaching resources
Education and research methods Revision Work Packs and Power Points for Sale
I’ve just released some extensive revision workbooks and Power Points for sale as part of my sociology teaching resources subscription
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
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.