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AS Level  and A2 Level Sociology : The Sociology of Education

 I hope that all students of the Sociology of Education at AS and A2 Levels will find these resources useful but they should check with their teachers as to the precise contents of their chosen Examination Board Specification and remember also the variations in the weightings of assessment objectives within AS and A2  examinations and between AS and A2 examinations.

Part One Useful Links

The Class Ceiling [BBC Radio 4 Series presented by Polly Toynbee] NEWEST

A Series of Videos from the Podology Site   [Use the topic menu at the top of the Podology Home Page]  NEWEST

 The Social Class Gap in Educational Achievement: A Review of the Evidence [Emma Perry and Becky Francis Dec 2010]  New. Exceptional!!

 

Part Two: PowerPoint Presentations

Functions of Formal Education Systems

Tripartite and Comprehensive Secondary Education

Thatcherism and Education Policy 

Social Class and Educational Achievement

"Race", Ethnicity and Educational Achievement

Gender Differences in Educational Achievement

 

Part Three: Teaching Notes

Guardian Interactive Map of UK Education System  NEWEST

 Functions of Formal Education Systems : Marxist Perspective   NEWEST

Educational Achievement and Social Class: the data [Updated August 2011 with a new assignment ]

Educational Achievement and Social Class: IQ, Subculture and Material Circumstances

Educational Achievement and Social Class: The Schools

Cultural Capital, Cultural Knowledge and Ability [External Link: A Paper by Alice Sullivan]

Compensatory Education 

Private Education

"Race" Ethnicity and Educational Achievement [Document includes an essay]

Gender Differences in Educational Achievement: Some Explanations

Gender and Educational Achievement: Some More Detailed Data

Gender and Subject Choice: Data 

Gender and Subject Choice: Explanations 

Gender and Hidden Curriculum  

From Tripartite to Comprehensive Secondary Education

Conservatism, Thatcherism, the New Right and Education Policy 1979-1997

Conservative-Lib Dem Education Policies [External Links Only] 

 

Part Four: Essays

Education Policy and Pupil Achievement  

Poverty and Educational Achievement

Working class subculture and educational achievement

Labelling theory and educational achievement   Updated August 2011

The functions of formal education systems

Education and the Economy   

 

Part Five : Assignments and Discussion Topics

Assignments1-3: : Educational Achievement and Social Class

Assignment4: Functionalism, Marxism, Socialisation and the Schools