A-Level sociology (AQA)- Class differences in achievement. Labelling.

This is a A-Level sociology (AQA) lesson based on explaining class differences in education with a particular focus on labelling theory (internal factors). This is a power point lesson which includes a total of 10 slides. The lesson is designed to fill a 90 minute lesson.

Included:
-starter activity- unscramble the key concepts. (answers included)
-explanation of labelling, referring to Interactionism and Becker.
-labelling in secondary schools (Dunne & Gazeley 2008)
-labelling in primary schools (Rist’s 1970)
-student activity- encouraging them to think about how teacher’s label students, where they get these ideas from. - Answer’s/ ideas included on the power point.
-explanation of the self-fulfilling prophecy.
-teacher expectations reading activity. Students will need access to the AQA book 1, textbook. Pages, 28-29. This activity will allow students to understand and explain Rosenthal & Jacobson 1968. Question worksheet included.
-questions to assess students understanding from this lesson. 5 questions, they should be able to complete these using their notes from this lesson and prior knowledge.