FSE Seminar 2 foundation of edu soci.ppt

Seminar 2 foundation of edu soci

1. Foundations in the
Sociology of Education
SEMINAR 2
SOCIAL CLASS, REGULATION AND POWER IN
EDUCATION
8 OCTOBER 2019

2. Seminar Overview
I. Student-led discussion
II. Academic reading skills activity
III. Exploring and understanding the concept of social class

3. I. Student-led reading discussion

4. II. Academic reading skills activity
Based on your reading of Ingram (2014), discuss: What strategies
would you recommend to read an academic journal article? You can
use the following questions to guide your discussion.
• What was the first thing you did?
•Which sections did you read first?
• How is the paper organised?
• Did you have any difficulties? How did you deal with them?

5. III. Exploring and understanding the concept of social
class
Thinking about your own social class and schooling experience, discuss in small groups:
1. Do you belong to a particular social class?
2. Was your habitus aligned to the institutional habitus of your school? (In which ways
did/didn’t you fit in?)
3. What capitals do you possess that were useful for you at school?
4. Is social class a meaningful concept? (You can refer to its applicability in the UK or
another country that you know well.)
Nominate someone to summarise the discussion to the whole group.

6. Finalise the plan for the student-led reading
discussions
(anyone not yet in groups, etc.)

7. Preparation for next week:
Main key reading: Wingrave (2018).
There is an additional, useful key reading by Bartlett
& Burton (2016) – particularly the section titled
‘gender and achievement’ (pp.267-278)
Make use of the reading questions!