GCSE Sociology [WJEC/ EDUQAS]- Education. Anti-school subcultures and the hidden curriculum.

This is a GCSE sociology [WJEC/ EDUQAS] lesson which focuses on the education unit. The lesson is centered around the hidden curriculum and anti-school subcultures. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and there are a total of 13 slides on the power point. Challenge questions and extension tasks provided throughout.

Included:

• Starter, methods recap. Board rush game. Instructions on the pp. Post-it notes are needed for this task.
• Title page, encouraging students to think about what a anti-school subculture is.
• Explanation of what an anti-school subculture is. Easy and difficult explanation provided. Students choose which one they write down.
• Short video clip outlining the behaviours of an anti-school and pro-school subculture.
• The impact of labelling on anti-school subcultures. Reading/ question task. Questions and answers provided on the pp. However, students will need access to the GCSE eduqas textbook to complete this task (pages 102-103).
• Paul Willis and anti-school subcultures.
• Explanation of the difference between the formal and hidden curriculum.
• Explanation of what each theory argues about the hidden curriculum. Feminists, Marxists and Functionalists. Examples and challenge questions provided. This then leads on to an application task whereby students summarise what each theory says using the key concepts on the power point.
• Plenary- guess the fact. Teacher will need an envelope with a key fact written down from the lesson. (most important piece of information from the lesson) Students to guess what key fact the teacher has written. A key fact is provided in the notes section of the pp.