GCSE Sociology {EDUQAS}- The importance of material factors in education.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson [EDUQAS/ WJEC] which focuses on the importance of material factors within education. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 12 slides on the power point. By the end of the lesson students will be able to outline and explain the different material factors and start to make connections to class differences in achievement.

Included:

• Starter, methods recap. Primary Vs. Secondary data (retrieval practice)
• Title page- encouraging students to think about what material factors are and whether they are internal or external.
• How free is school? student task- write down all the things their parents need to pay for within education. Example list with prices included on the pp.
• Explanation of material factors and material deprivation.
• Explanation of how material factors could lead to working class underachievement. Link back to key question ‘is education meritocratic?’.
• The effects of income on attainment.
• Student task- rank the material factors in order of biggest impact on educational achievement.
• Link to choice of school.
• Short youtube clip- students to make a note of the cultural and material factors affecting the student’s achievement at school.
• Poor housing and underachievement.
• Wider connections to class differences- student task.
• Plenary- Bingo.