1. Introduction to Education
Learning Objective: What do I already know about the British Education system?
Starter
What is your fondest memory of school and why?
Challenge: Do all students experience school in the same way?
Extension
5 Mins

2. Task 1: In pairs, make a list of all the reasons why children
go to school!
Why do we go to school?
Students make a list of all the reasons why children go to school.
Students to then share their reasons with the class
5 Mins
Challenge task: Rank your answers in order of importance

3. Task 2: The purpose of education in Britain today
Fill in the table bearing in mind what you learn in each subject and how the knowledge you gain will help you in adulthood.
Subjects
Purpose
PSHE and Assembly
English language
Foreign languages PE
History
Develop a sense of unity and belonging.
10 Mins

4. How much do you know about the British Education System?

5. Education quiz THINK OF A TEAM NAME!!
It must be related to something at school/education
Teams of 4. Quiz is about how much the students already know about the British education system. Hand out the education quiz to each group.
20 Mins

6. Round 1
Issues In Education

7. What educational issue do these images highlight?

8. What educational issue do these images highlight?B)
What educational issue do these images highlight?

9. What educational issue do these images highlight?

10. What educational issue do these images highlight?

11. What are 2 of the possible consequences of the rising tuition fees?

12. Why did some people blame schools for the summer riots in the UK?

13. How are schools similar to shopping centres?

14. What is this? What purpose does it serve?

15. Ranking, Sorting and Listing!
Round 2
Ranking, Sorting and Listing!

16. Produce a list of 3 factors that could lead to underachievement in school – you can use the images to help! A)

17. Rank these occupations in order of the occupation requiring the highest qualification to the lowest.B)
Nurse
Doctor
Supermarket cashier
Lawyer
Teacher
Typist
Refuse Collector
Pop singer

18. C)
Create a list of as many different types of schools as you can think of!
Faith Schools, public schools, comprehensive schools

19. Match keyword with correct definition
When the content of lessons is based around one ethnicity or culture e.g. History and English often on white culture
Labelling
Teachers making judgments about students abilities based on their gender, ethnicity, class.
Material Deprivation
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Students believing the label given to them by the teacher, so that the label becomes a reality.
Not having resources such as basic school equipment or having poor housing conditions.
Ethnocentric curriculum

20. Round 3
TRUE OR FALSE?

21. TRUE OR FALSE?
In England for Key Stage 1 (5-7yr olds)to Key stage 3 (11-14 year olds), boys scored consistently higher than girls in the summer of 2007.
More women than men entered full-time undergraduate courses at university 2006.
One in five pupils is leaving primary school without achieving the basics of reading and writing.

22. TRUE OR FALSE?
D) An official study shows: White working-class pupils are the lowest-achieving group in English schools because they have low aspirations and do not do their homework, an official study shows E) Education/training will be compulsory to the age of 19 by F) From September 2012, universities will be able to charge up to £15,000 each year.

23. Time to go through the answers!
Teacher can go through the answers or hand out the answer sheets to each group. Teams peer assess each other. Total marks out of 27.
5 Mins

24. What would society look like if schools did not exist?
Answer this question independently!
Plenary
5 Mins