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pptx, 1.52 MB

A 10 slide PowerPoint presentation that covers Marxist views on the role of education, in-depth. The resource is designed to be delivered to students in a ‘lead from the front’ lesson / revision session format and should take approx. 100 mins to deliver. It includes:

  • A recap on the 3 main theory’s views of the role of education in society
  • ‘What is capitalism?’ task, followed by an accessible explanation of capitalism and two short YouTube clips
  • An overview of the Marxist view of the role of education
  • An in-depth explanation of Bowles’ and Gintis’ ‘Correspondence Theory’
  • A task getting students to apply knowledge of correspondence theory to school and the workplace
  • An analytical comparison between correspondence theory and role allocation theory (functionalism)
  • An explanation of Bourdieu’s ‘Cultural Capital’ with questions
  • Criticisms of Marxist views of the role of education
  • A lesson closing task that gets students to recap and apply knowledge gained from the lesson
  • Homework task to research feminist views of the role of education
  • Animated to ‘build’ information to students gradually
  • Brief instructions for the teacher and timing guidance are included in the notes to the document.

The resource is designed to be delivered to students studying the new WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Sociology specification. The resource assumes students have some prior knowledge of Marxism (e.g. from the Family module) but can easily be adapted for those with no prior knowledge of the theory.

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GCSE Sociology (Eduqas / WJEC) - Education: Theoretical views on the role of education (Functionalism, Marxism, Feminism). 3 lesson bundle (saves £2)

A bundle of 3 lessons on theoretical views of the role of education in society. The bundle includes the following documents: * 1 x lesson PowerPoint presentation on an introduction to the topic and the functionalist view * 1 x lesson PowerPoint presentation on the Marxist view (including a homework research exercise into the feminist view) * 1 x lesson PowerPoint presentation on the feminist view and a 15 mark question on theoretical views of the role of education * 1 x top-band answer to a 15 mark question on theoretical views on the role of education (pdf) * 1 x mark scheme to the 15 mark question on theoretical views on the role of education (pdf) * 1 x student essay planning sheet to the 15 mark question on theoretical views on the role of education (pdf) * 1 x sociological theory recap quiz sheet (pdf) Full details of the lessons are shown below: **Lesson 1: Intro and Functionalist views** A 12 slide PowerPoint presentation (and ‘theory recap quiz sheet’ handout) that introduces the Education unit and covers the Functionalist view on the role of education in-depth. The resource is designed to be delivered to students in a ‘lead from the front’ lesson / revision session format and should take approx. 100 mins to deliver. It includes: * A starter task * A discussion task on key themes in the Education unit (role of schools, types of schools, impact of schools, chances of success) * A recap quiz (and answers) on sociological theories - functionalism, feminism and Marxism (a handout is included in the pack) * A task that allows students to apply prior knowledge of theory to education * In-depth explanation of the functionalist view on the role of education in society (including references Durkheim and Parsons) * A look at Davis and Moore’s ‘Role Allocation’ theory * Criticisms of functionalist views of the role of education * A lesson closing task that gets students to recap and apply knowledge gained from the lesson. * Animated to ‘build’ information to students gradually * Brief instructions for the teacher and timing guidance are included in the notes to the document. The resource is designed to be delivered to students studying the new WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Sociology specification. The resource assumes students have some prior knowledge of sociological theories of functionalism, feminism and Marxism (e.g. from the Family module) but can easily be adapted for those with no knowledge of theory. **Lesson 2: Marxist views** A 10 slide PowerPoint presentation that Marxist views on the role of education in-depth. The resource is designed to be delivered to students in a ‘lead from the front’ lesson / revision session format and should take approx. 100 mins to deliver. It includes: * A recap on the 3 main theory’s views of the role of education in society * ‘What is capitalism?’ task, followed by an accessible explanation of capitalism and two short YouTube clips * An overview of the Marxist view of the role of education * An in-depth explanation of Bowles’ and Gintis’ ‘Correspondence Theory’ * A task getting students to apply knowledge of correspondence theory to school and the workplace * An analytical comparison between correspondence theory and role allocation theory (functionalism) * An explanation of Bourdieu’s ‘Cultural Capital’ with questions * Criticisms of Marxist views of the role of education * A lesson closing task that gets students to recap and apply knowledge gained from the lesson * Homework task to research feminist views of the role of education * Animated to ‘build’ information to students gradually * Brief instructions for the teacher and timing guidance are included in the notes to the document. The resource is designed to be delivered to students studying the new WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Sociology specification. The resource assumes students have some prior knowledge of Marxism (e.g. from the Family module) but can easily be adapted for those with no prior knowledge of the theory. **Lesson 3: Feminism and Essay** A 9 slide PowerPoint presentation, an essay planning sheet, a top-band 15 mark answer and a mark scheme for the question. The lesson pack covers the Feminist view on the role of education and provides students with an example 15 mark essay question on the topic of theoretical views on the role of education. The resources have been designed to follow on from the previous 2 lessons in a ‘lead from the front’ lesson / revision session format. It should take approx. 100 mins to deliver. It includes: * A starter task that builds on a homework from the Marxism lesson * An overview of 20th Century feminist views of the role of education in society, including the role of education in gender socialisation (male dominated, representation, subject choices), the impact of educational policies such as the Education Reform Act on female experiences of school * An overview if contemporary feminist views on the role of education in society, including 2015 statistics on the increasing feminisation of schools and gendered subjects * An overview of how the work of Becky Francis and Sue Lees can be applied to the girls’ experiences of school * A 15 mark essay question that pulls together knowledge of the functionalist, Marxist and feminist views of the role of education. The pack includes guidance of how to answer the question and a planning sheet for students (pdf document) * An example of a top-band answer (pdf document) to the essay question. * Tasks to accompany the top-band answer, such as identification of key essay components (AO1, AO2, AO3) * An opportunity for students to write their answer to the essay * Guidance on self-marking / peer-marking, with an accompanying exam board style mark scheme (pdf document) * Animated to ‘build’ information to students gradually * Brief instructions for the teacher and timing guidance are included in the notes to the document. The resource is designed to be delivered to students studying the new WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Sociology specification. The resource assumes students have solid prior knowledge of functionalist and Marxist views on the role of education in society.

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