From this, draw out the idea of an ‘old boys network’ and ‘it’s not what you know, it’s who you know’ and look at the following Guardian newspaper
article:
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Discuss the range of issues raised here, which also have links to gender.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is an influential philanthropic organisation which researches the causes of social problems and endeavours to identify
ways in which such problems can be addressed. Their studies are clear and well-written, a good example being Cassen and Kingdon’s study into low
achievement:
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This is a very accessible report and students should get confidence from being able to access a ‘non-textbook’ resource. Ask students to identify and brief explain the reasons for low achievement highlighted in the report. As a class, discuss the extent to which they feel the implications for policy are realistic.
As an extension task, students could summarise in their own words the Office for National Statistics’ research on how childhood circumstances affect levels of poverty and deprivation in adulthood.
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