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As anyone involved in UK education will know the pace of change over the past few years has been phenomenal - |
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Short, accessible, document (Addressing Gender and Achievement: Myths) that sets- |
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Two short research publications form the Institue of Physics that provides some useful data on gender and subject choice at A- |
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John Gatto has some interesting - |
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This is another part of the burgeoning "Guardian Unlimited" empire that's gradually (and quite deservedly) taking over the Web. This, as you might expect, deals with "Education" and, as you might also expect, it does it comprehensively and very, very, professionally. The site has loads of categories dealing with up- |
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A very large general education site that contains a range of Sociology links grouped around Organisations, Journals and Newsgroups (just search on the word "sociology"). In addition, a social science section contains a range of lesson plans, but you need to keep in mind the fact that these are largely US orientated and, in the main, below A- |
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A useful source of cutting- |
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The general aim of Russell Haggar's site is "to provide a fairly comprehensive set of materials for several of the modules currently offered in the AQA AS and A2 Sociology specification", to which end it succeeds admirably. The site continues to grow with a range of new materials (teaching notes, PowerPoints, essays and assignments) for the sociology of education recently added. There are, of course, other goodies available, including extensive materials for areas like families and households, power and politics and social differentiation. |
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One segment in a BBC site that covers a wide range of "race related" issues. This page looks specifically at the relationship between black ethnicities and educational achievement. |
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A small number of education resources (Role, Policy, Achievement, Trends) to support Eduqas exam board teachers, but general enough to be of use to students following the other UK Specifications. |
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This 2019 report from the Sutton Trust looks at the various educational pathways taken by Britain’s elites “from the type of school they attended to where they went to university” to paint a picture of educational and economic inequality across our society. |
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A 2003 interview with Paul Willis. |