Hi recently retired from full time teaching. I spent the last 9 years in sixth form teaching (psychology and sociology) with a little PHSCE and KS3 science on the side. before that I worked as a behaviour support consultant for 8 years in all key stages and nursery. I have led inset on all aspects of behaviour management. I have also worked in PRU and EBD settings and have and still do individual mentoring. As someone with mild Asperger's I am particularly interested in all aspects of ASD.
Hi recently retired from full time teaching. I spent the last 9 years in sixth form teaching (psychology and sociology) with a little PHSCE and KS3 science on the side. before that I worked as a behaviour support consultant for 8 years in all key stages and nursery. I have led inset on all aspects of behaviour management. I have also worked in PRU and EBD settings and have and still do individual mentoring. As someone with mild Asperger's I am particularly interested in all aspects of ASD.
It is a video presentation. It is designed to help the student explore issues with the definition of abnormality, specifically relativism and social construct.
Social Stories were Developed by Carol Gray
They are trademarked and you have to have accredited training
Social scenarios use the same basic principles but in a less precise way
This presentation outlines what they are and how to use them.
this is complete material for 3 lessons to introduce education for AQA syllabus. It looks at the purposes of education from three different theoretical perspectives: Functionalist, New Right and Marxist.
This is a presentation and lesson on how disability is presented in the media. It could be supplemented by one of the many interviews given by Liz Carr (Of Silent Witness Fame)
WARNING: Images which may cause some people distress students affected by the issue need to be screened first. It focuses on celebrity and well know acts of suicide plus Durkheim's classification
This is a short video 4 minutes long summarising the key issues we face today with traditional religious activity and secularisation in the northern hemisphere as it tends to affect christianity.
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This is a teacher written essay, written in the simplest, most straightforward style. It is not elegant or advanced, but good to illustrate a structure for those who have to learn how to write good essays.
Assess the view that the nuclear family is good for society and the individual.
"The nuclear family is the traditional family of the industrial society in the UK. It is seen as ideal and another name for it is the cereal packet family because the ideal is like the families represented in adverts. Familial ideology suggests it is better than any other type of family and is good for society and the individual. In this essay these assumptions will be evaluated."
TIP: I give my students 4 coloured highlighters, one for supporting arguments, one for criticism , one for correctly idetified theoriests and theroetical terms and one for concluding or summative commentary. we go through the essay comparing the colour patterns at the end. It is a great confidence booster for them
Many lower ability A level students get "pushed" toward sociology because there is a perception in some quarters at least, that it is an easy subject.It is not, especially if literacy is a weakness. I have used this presentation along with some work sheets I developed to help weaker students grasp two essential elements of the sociological writing:
1. presenting competing arguments
2. writing in an analytical/ detached style
These are model resources for you to use as they are or to modify for your own needs. They are not perfect (though I am a dab hand at designing good questionnaires) but will save you loads of hours or give you an aunt sally to work from.
Although towards the end of my career i worked mainstream, I was a behaviour support teacher for 8 years and used these resources successfully.
This is a 3 page document to use when talking to parents or even staff in a pastoral context for pupils who have behaviour targets. The problem has always been the focus has been to home in on what they haven't done right rather than what they have. This is a complete script/ take away to help focus on behaivour change
A document explaining how to help a child meet their targets by focussing on the positive. These are the opening words of this 3 page document with useful diagrams:
When you look at a child’s target sheet it is easy for the eye to be drawn to where they have failed and the negative comments that are sometimes there.
If you comment about these the child will focus their energy on where it went wrong and their “failure”. It is a bit like saying to someone balancing on the edge of a cliff “Don’t look down!” Their eyes and whole body are drawn to the very things you don’t want them to do!
If this negative focus continues, it can then build into feelings for the child such as “I got it wrong” “every time I try I fail” “I can’t do it”. This then gets translated into “I am a failure” “I am bad”.
The overall effect is a spiral where the child behaves how he/ she thinks they are perceived and the behaviours we are trying to change become worse not better. The child may even fail to show his/her target sheet to you or “lose” it.
Being “solution focussed” turns this on its head. It works on where the child got it right and builds on that. The approach relies on noticing, commenting on and magnifying where the child has “got it right” and subtly ignoring the failures. (This doesn’t negate the need for sanctions for breaches of accepted standards of behaviour).
Thi is a resource designed for teaching the basics of Venn diagrams with the questions based around Dr Who. It is designed for tutors working with pupils who may have obsessions - for example pupils with high functioning autism. The question pages can be edited to respond to a pupil’s interest and focus. It could also be a reource for pupils using student support and/ or small groups.
