Accent as Cultural Discrimination
Is your accent still a significance source of discrimination in UK society?
Mass Media: Old and New
A range of PowerPoint Presentations focused on new and old forms of Mass Media, including globalisation and the digital social world.
6-Word Stories
A simple – and unusual – revision activity.
Daniel Butcher: Sociology
I’ve found it a bit difficult to evaluate the films produced by Sociology Teacher Daniel Butcher, for reasons that should become apparent, so I’m going to depart slightly from the usual blog format and just try to list some of the pluses and minuses.
The Class Ceiling
Examining the concept of a class ceiling across three dimensions: what it is, how it’s measured and why it exists.
Social Inequality Smoothies
Identifying a range of useful analogies to help students understand gender inequalities in the workplace.
Anthecology: Lesson Study Journals
My only previous exposure to teachers carrying-out research in their own school was Sandringham School’s Sandagogy site and the Sandringham Learning Journals therein. That was until I chanced upon the Samuel Whitbread Academy’s Anthecology (no, me neither) and while it may be entirely coincidental that both are Academies, I’m guessing it’s probably not. Which, if […]
Sound Sociology
Over the years we’ve highlighted a small, but growing, number of Sociology Podcasts, the majority of which have been aimed at a-level students – either because that’s the way the market’s pointing with the increasing popularity of Sociology at this level or because the potential GCSE audience is relatively small in comparison. Sound Sociology “Presented […]
Ghostsites: Wathistory
WatHistory is a YouTube site I’ve been meaning to write about but, for whatever reason, never got around to doing so until now. I guess I was inspired by the sociology ghostsites theme because this site seems to have something of a chequered history. Although the Twitter account ceased trading in 2018 and the .com website may never […]
Ghostsite: The Sociology Tutor
Every so often I chance upon web sites that have been started by teachers with what seems like a shed-load of initial enthusiasm. They create and distribute lots of free resources in a relatively short space of time and then suddenly just abandon their baby before it’s had a chance to really grow. One of […]