Detailed and differentiated set of student-led lessons made for AQA A/AS-LEVEL SOCIOLOGY but can be differentiated for GCSE (see below-L2) and any SPEC (as it goes through the main methods, terms, issues for social research in general: Intro to Methods Explores primary vs secondary methods, quantitative vs qualitative methods, validity and reliability as a way to introduce students to the main main research methods. Explores practical (time, cost, research opportunity, requirements of funding body & subject matter), ethical (informed consent, confidentiality, harm to participants, vulnerable groups & covert research) and theoretical issues (validity, reliability, representativeness, methodological perspectives, interpretivism & positivism). *** Catered towards A-LEVEL AQA sociology but if main activity can be replaced, the rest can be used for GCSE and ANY SPEC.** *** Main activity uses pages 92-94 of the AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend** explores sampling methods, sampling frame, representative (sample), generalising (findings) and the relationship between these and positivism vss interpretivism and theoretical issues LESSON COMES WITH ANSWERS

L1 -AQA GCSE Sociology Education - Policies tackling inequality: Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that help students understand to what extent might education reforms have tackled educational inequality (e.g the main education policies and reforms that have had an impact on the education system, using examples - how education policies or reforms have tackled inequality in education). Covers educational policies that tackle class, gender and ethnic differences in educational achievement and gender differences in subject choice. Covers the following policies: Marketisation policies and social inclusion Key terms students SHOULD know that link: Educational policies/ reforms, Marketisation, Open enrolment, Academies, Formula funding, League tables, Ofsted reports, Tripartite system, Class differences in educational achievement, Gender differences in educational achievement, Ethnic differences in educational achievement, Gender differences in subject choice, External vs internal factors, Cultural vs Material factors, Material deprivation, Cultural deprivation, Speech codes, Gender roles, socialisation, Gendered subject images, Gendered career opportunities ANSWERS TO MOST ACTIVITIES INCLUDED RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF PPT L2 - AQA GCSE Sociology Education - Education policies from 1988 (marketisation): Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that help students understand what impact might marketisation have had on British education system ( define marketisation, the impact of the 1988 Education Reform act on the British education system and the policies it brought about). Includes ‘teaching to all’ pedagogical technique Cover the following key terms: Marketisation Marketisation of education Market forces (extension) Privatisation (of education) Covers the following reforms: 1988 Education Reform Act Covers the following policies: League tables Ofsted reports Academies Free schools Specialist schools Open enrolment Business sponsorship ANSWERS TO ALL MAIN ACTIVITIES INCLUDED . Key terms students should know that link: Education reform/ policy Labelling, Streaming, Setting, Banding, Academies, Free-schools, Differences in achievement (class, gender, ethnicity), Internal vs External factors, Local Education Authority (LEA), Social processes RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF PPT L3 - AQA GCSE Sociology Education - Education policy before 1988: Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that help students understand Education reforms before 1988 (e.g. The main educational policies before 1988, the impact of educational policies before 1988, how to apply sociological perspectives to educational policies and evaluate them). Cover the following key terms: Education policy Education reform The tripartite system Secondary modern Comprehensive system Secondary moderns State-run schools Eleven- plus exam Compulsory [state] education Selective schools ANSWERS TO ALL MAIN ACTIVITIES INCLUDED Key terms students should know: Grammar vs comprehensive schools , Academies/ free schools, State-run education/ schools, Working-class subculture, Culture Norms, values, setting Mixed-ability classes, Banding Local Education Authority (LEA), Independent/ private schools RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF PPT

Alphabetical key term sheet for AQA A-level Sociology Education Topics 1-5. Contains the main key terms used in Topic 1-6 of the education unit for AQA A-level Sociology: -Topic 1 - Class differences in achievement (external factors) -Topic 2 - Class differences in achievement (internal factors) -Topic 3 - Ethnic differences in achievement -Topic 4 - Gender differences in achievement -Topic 5 - Role of education -Topic 6 - Education policy *** Includes scaffolding, e.g. some sentence starters (to model to students how to incorporate key sociologists into their definitions) and prompts to help students remember how key term links to the topic. ** *** Includes a section with key terms that students should know from previous learning (for topic 3 sheet ethnic differences - this would be terms that link to key terms covered in class differences in achievement, e.g. labelling, pupil identities, material deprivation, speech codes etc) that link to this topic. ** Good form of revision for students and can be used as a revision resource to develop AO1 once filled out. **BASED ON CONTENT textbook - AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level: Book one 3rd Revised edition by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe, Annie Townend ’ textbook

Detailed and differentiated (up and down) student-led lessons that help students to develop their knowledge and understanding from previous lesson(s). L2 uses page 8 from AQA Book 1 by townsend but CAN BE USED FOR ANY SPEC using resources within lesson (see below). Comes with key term sheet for the lesson. 1. Introduction to Sociology - provides an overview of Sociology course (spec to AQA A-level but can easily be edited to suit ANY SPEC and GCSE) and the sociological imagination. 2. How do sociologists explain behaviour? -Nature vs Nurture lesson -explores the nature vs debate, norms, values, socialisation (primary/secondary) and social control as an introduction to Sociology. Uses page 8 of the AQA A-level Book 1 by Townsend to introduces students to the nature vs nurture debate but this can be replaced and the rest of the lesson can still be used. 3. Introduction to functionalism -explores value consensus, social order, biological/ organic analogy, structuralism, consensus theories to introduce students to the key functionalist views and ideas. 4. Introduction to Marxism -explores capitalism, ownership, interests, structuralism, conflict theories, exploitation as a way to introduce students to the main Marxist views and ideas. 5. Introduction to feminism - explores sex, gender, gender roles, patriarchy, socialisation, gender inequality as a way to introduce students to the main feminist views of society and ideas. 6. Quiz lesson - small revision activity 25 min quiz (on nature vs nurture, key functionalist, Marxist, feminist’s ideas and terminology) —LESSONS CAN BE FOUND ON MAIN PAGE. Includes: answers/ mark-scheme scaffolding for students to peer assess (but quiz can also be marked by teacher) Made for AQA but can be used for ANY SPEC Can be differentiated down for GCSE, but I recommend purchasing the GCSE Intro lessons bundle which have alread been edited to meet the needs of KS4 students.