QUESTIONS TO COVER
● What is the relationship between social class and schooling & its impacts on education ?
● How does schooling contribute to differential educational, social and economic outcomes of students?
● What are the impacts of social class on the Australian Education System?
● What is your understanding of the causes of poverty?
● What impact class and status will have on us as a teacher?
● What strategies/advice can you provide to teachers with regards to catering to students of varying socioeconomic status?
● Where we are positioned in the socio-economic pecking order from birth shapes us. Reflect on how it has shaped you and your experiences of schooling?
RESOURCES TO USE
1. *Chapter 7 & 15 of: Unit Textbook – Unit Book – Power of Curriculum – sociological perspectives on curriculum by Brad Gobby & Rebecca Walker
2. Windle, J. (2017). The education system and SES: Mapping disadvantage. In B. Gobby & R. Walker (Eds.), Powers of curriculum: Sociological perspectives on education (pp. 169-192). Oxford University Press.
3. McGregor, G. & Mills, M. (2017). The virtual schoolbag and pedagogies of engagement. In B. Gobby & R. Walker (Eds.), Powers of curriculum: Sociological perspectives on education (pp. 372-392). Oxford University Press.
4. Pearce, J. (2012). Unsettling class: standpoint pedagogies, knowledge and privilege. In B. Down & J. Smyth (Eds.) Critical voices in teacher education (pp. 99-110). Springer.
