GCSE sociology [WJEC/ EDUQAS]- Gender differences in education.

This is a GCSE sociology lesson which focuses on gender differences in education. The lesson is designed to last 90 minutes and has a total of 11 slides on the power point.

Included:

• Starter, methods recap, true or false.
• Title page- encouraging students to think about who performs better in education and why this is the case.
• Key statistics, graph.
• Articles on gender differences in attainment, links to the articles are in the ‘notes’ section on the pp.
• Outline of the internal and external factors affecting achievement.
• Student task- information pack which goes through the reasons for gender differences. Including; changes in norms and law, feminisation of education, laddish subcultures, crisis of masculinity. Key studies including: Sharpe and Jackson are also included. Students read through the information and complete the grid. The information pack and grid are provided on separate documents. Answers also provided on the power point.
• Plenary- retrieval practice, questions from the education unit.
• Homework- 8 marker. Mark scheme provided.