This PowerPoint Presentation brings together a couple of ideas, one of which – the idea of “students playing the role of detectives” I’ve previously explored
If, like me, you’re a fan of games and simulations you might find this simple Sociology game from Steve Bishop worth a look. While some games,
The third – and probably final – free chapter from Holt and Lewis’ “A2 Psychology: The Student’s Textbook”, this one covers addictive behaviour in terms
In this sim students take the role of “sociological detectives” investigating the reasons for differential educational achievement. Broadly, the sim involves: identifying a range of
The final offering in what no-one’s calling “The Wonderful Week of Sims” is designed to give students practical experience of social inequality based on the
As with some of the others in this series, “Trial by Jury” is a building block sim that gives you a basic template that can
Background We can illustrate the idea of cultural learning (and show how the concepts of roles, values and norms are inter-related into the bargain) using
I’ve long been interested in the idea of using simulations (and games – see Disclaimer below) as teaching tools – there were a couple of
While Marxist and Feminist perspectives generally discuss media representations in terms of how and why they misrepresent particular groups, Baudrillard (1995) argues representations shouldn’t be
The Teacher’s Toolkit grew out of discussions and contributions on the old TES Psychology forum and while it’s been through a number of revisions this,