1. Teacher’s Desk Gianluca David Jaganiya Hanad Miriam Dahyon Sandy Jihan
Usaama
Chanelle
Georgia
Lazaro
Kavish
Michael
Adam
Lesley
Abi
Adarsh
Solomon
Bernard
Kyle
Ashlee
Jinesh
Abdillahi
Dillan
Abdi.B
Brandon
Ghilman
Teacher’s Desk
Abdirahman

2. Do Now Activity! Strongly Agree Agree
Sitting at your desk, consider the following four statements which appear on the board. Do not reveal your point of view but take 1 minute to consider what your response will be and why.
Strongly Agree
Agree
Students who attend fee paying schools will always have a better chance in life.
If I had a choice, I would attend a grammar or private school.
If I had a choice, I would still attend school.
I can see the benefits of attending boarding school.
Ten minutes and feedback
Strongly Disagree
Disagree

3. B673: Sociology of Education Lesson 1: The school system
All (D/C grade):Can I identify the key purpose of a school and how it is judged to be successful?
Most (C/B grade): Can I analyse the key purpose of a school, and establish the differences between types of school.
Writing down today’s learning objective and title – 2minutes
Some (B/A grade): Can I evaluate the key purpose of a school, linking it to social theory, and evaluate the differences between types of school and their social advantages or disadvatages?

4. First Task! This weeks’ key terms: Secondary socialisation
Hidden curriculum
Functionalist
Marxist
Formal education
Ofsted
Floor target
Key performance indicator
Working independently, list the positives and negatives you see demonstrated in the 2 minute clip you see of a secondary school in northern England.
Do you think that this seems like a typical school environment?
In pairs discuss what features (not physical features) a successful school needs to have?
How would you decide if a school was a good school or not?
What qualities are important in a good teacher?
What challenges can schools face?
Ten minutes and feedback – writing down key words

5. The minimum percentage of GCSE grades expected by a school.
Free School Meals
Students who are eligible for free school dinners as their family earns below a certain amount per year.
Floor Target
The minimum percentage of GCSE grades expected by a school.
Key performance indicator
Schools are measured by their success in achieving 5 GCSE grades including English and Maths and also by attendance percentage.
Pupil Premium
Extra money provided by the government to schools for students who receive free school meals.

6. Office for standards in education
Who are Ofsted?
What do they do?
25 minutes analysis
On each desk you will find a case study for four different school. Working as a team, you are asked to rank your schools in order of which you believe is the highest performing and why? You must explain your reasons as a group.

7. Office for standards in education
Judge on four different areas:
Attainment and Achievement
Learning and Teaching
Leadership and Management
Behaviour and Safety
Grade 1 – Outstanding
Grade 2 – Good
Grade 3 – Requires Improvement
Grade 4 - Inadequate
25 minutes analysis

8. St Mark’s Sociology School Inspectors
Threats
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Working in table groups, begin to SWOT the schools presented in the case study.
Read the Ofsted report and pull out key information. What does each school do well, what does it not do well, what are the things they could develop and build on, what could be a potential problem for them?
10 minutes.

9. Schooling in Britain Academies Fee Paying Private Schools Pre-school
State Grammar Schools
Grant-Maintained Schools
Primary
Private Schools
Secondary
What are they? 10 minutes
Comprehensive Schools
City Technology Colleges (CTCs)
‘Free’ Schools

10. What would the differences be?
State Schools
What do you pay for?
What would the differences be? Vs
Private Schools

12. Norms Values Rough Book
Saying hello to visitors when the come to visit your home.
Refusing to buy products which you believe may have been stolen.
Entering a lift and turning around towards the exit so you do not stare into other peoples faces.
You will see a selection of behaviours. You must decide if they are norms or values. Give a reason for your choice.
Not having sex before marriage.
Only buying food which is organic.
Blowing your nose on a handkerchief rather than on the sleeve of your jumper.
Showing respect towards your parents and grandparents.
Making sure that you don’t play your music out loud on the bus.
Reporting a crime if you see it happening.
Helping an old person to carry their shopping home.
Showing understanding – 10 minutes
Literacy Focus: You must write your response in full sentence answers: ‘I believe that <insert value or norm> is a…’ Make sure to use capital letters and full stops.

13. Primary Socialisation Secondary Socialisation
Neat Book
Primary Socialisation
Is the acceptance and learning of a set of values and norms, normally through the family.
Secondary Socialisation
Is the reinforcement of values and norms through other processes, normally by peers, school, religion etc.
5 minutes

14. These are the agents of socialisation
Can you draw links between them? Do some of these agents rely on each other?
Working in your table groups. Brainstorm how these agents of socialisation teach us the values and norms of society.
15 minutes– brainstorming in groups

15. Neat Book
Exam style question:
Describe what is meant by agents of socialisation and explain what their function is in modern day society? (12 marks)
10 minutes– responding individually
Literacy Focus: Make sure to use capital letters and full stops. Have you used paragraphs to separate your ideas?

16. Remember to look at the objective you chose at the beginning of the lesson. Are your using this in your response?
All (D/C grade):Can I discuss the impact of social norms and values on modern society?
Most (C/B grade): Can I analyse and assess the role of different agents of socialisation?
Writing down today’s learning objective and title – 2minutes
Some (B/A grade): Can I discuss the merits and impact of agents of socialisation on modern society?

17. Two things I have learnt in today’s lesson…
Recap!
Two things I have learnt in today’s lesson…
5 minutes and pack up