The lesson could begin by asking students to write down everything they think they already know about Marxism. Perhaps some students make links to the Soviet Union, communism or just Karl Marx himself. Explain that this is probably one of the more misrepresented perspectives in Sociology because so many people think they already know what Marxism is!The following video can then be sharedåÊwith students making their own notes as they go through. After watching the video, and having the opportunity of reading back over their notes to elaborate on any points they have written down, they must then ‘teach’ their partner the material. From this, the
pair can work together to try and draw out an analogy of Marxism that they think best represents what they have just seen. This could be one image or a series of images.
This topic is therefore useful as it allows students to apply, what can sometimes be quite abstra...
The material provided in the ‘subcultures’ section above has links to social class...
The correspondence principle was proposed by Bowles and Gintis and is the suggestion that educ...
It is important for Sociology students to be aware of contemporary issues in society by reading a...
The DfES, amongst others, have conducted surveys into the attainment of different ethnic groups i...
Like Marxists, Feminists take a conflict view of society here the conflict exists between men ...
Functionalists adopt a consensus view of society, that is, one based on harmony and agreement ...
Sue Sharpe’s classic study ‘Just Like A Girl’ can be used to introduce the n...
Marxists take a conflict view of education and argue that it operates as an ideological tool. ...
For the New Right, the purpose of education is to promote drive, enterprise and initiative in ...
A school subculture can be described as a group of pupils who share similar behaviours and views ...
In this RSA video (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce), Si...
This collection of documents (see link below) presents a sample of the British Library’s archi...
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