1. AS/A2
Sociology Teacher Courses
London and Manchester
November 2010- February 2011
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2. Special Sociology Conference
Contemporary Issues in Crime and Deviance
(including theoretical links)
Course features
Although much of the examination specification remains the same, all teachers face the challenges of keeping up to
date with current developments and the interplay between a topic area and sociological theories.
This course is designed to help tutors meet those challenges- to build on existing teaching materials by presenting
a unique opportunity to take part in active discussions relating to contemporary developments much of which is
lacking in current sociological textbooks. The final session will ‘un-pick’ the theory and apply it to recent research
and examples. In addition there will be time to ask our keynote speakers questions and exchange ideas.
Venue and date London, Friday 4 February 2011 Course fee £195 plus
9.45am: Registration and coffee
10.00am: Contemporary developments in Crime and Deviance
Dr Steve Taylor
Dr Steve Taylor is a highly experienced lecturer and examiner. He is a frequent
contributor to both student and teacher conferences.
10.30am: Drug trafficking and organized crime
Dr Jennifer Fleetwood, University of Kent
The focus of Jennifer’s work is on the women in the international drug trade. She
conducted ethnographic and qualitative fieldwork in prisons in Ecuador in order to
explore women’s experiences of working as mules and in particular how gender, agency
and choice shaped their experiences and options in the context of the drugs trade.
11.20am: Morning break
11.40am: Muslims in prison
Dr Muzammil Quraishi, University of Salford
Dr Quaishi has written extensively on Muslim populations and crime. His main
interests are Islamic jurisprudence, religion/ethnicity in prison, colonialism and crime,
and comparative criminology. His methodological leanings are towards qualitative
ethnographic research informed by the Critical Race Theory (CRT) perspective.
12.40pm: Lunch
1.40pm: Female Voice in Violence
Dr Carlene Firmin, Senior Policy Officer ROTA
Carlene is a Senior Policy Officer, currently coordinating ROTA’s work on serious youth
violence. She leads the Female Voice in Violence research programme, which assesses
the impact of gangs and serious youth violence on women and girls. Carlene previously
led ROTA’s youth-led, research into weapon carrying in London, Building Bridges, for
which she received a London Peace Award in 2008. She is also the founder of the GAG
project. GAG (Gendered Action on Gangs/Girls Against Gangs/Girls Affected by Gangs)
2.40pm: How Sociological Theories can be applied to Contemporary Issues
Dr Steve Taylor
Knife crime and gang culture- possible theoretical explanations
Suicide
3.45pm: Day ends

3. A2 Sociology: Beliefs in Society
Course features
Tutor: Ian Luckhurst
This intensive, practical course has been specifically
designed for newly qualified teachers, experienced
colleagues and those teaching “religion” for the first Ian is both an Advanced Practitioner and Programme
time. Manager of Sociology at a very successful tertiary
The course will focus on; college in the South West of England. He has been
•Providing contemporary synoptic source materials. teaching Sociology for more than a decade and has
•Enabling delegates to update their resources. published a number of articles in a variety of Sociology
•Providing a forum for sharing good practice and journals and web sites. A strong advocate of teacher
discussing activities to encourage and enhance learner support, he regularly contributes to student and staff
performance. conferences.
Delegates will receive a file and/or CD
containing detailed notes of the course Venue and date
London, Thursday 25 November 2010
Course fee £195 plus VAT
9.45am: Registration and coffee
10.00am: The Christian New Right
This session will explore and discuss the emergence of the Christian New
Right movement in the USA. Reference will be made to existing sociological
research and connections to other substantive topics within the A Level
discipline. What do the CNR believe in? What are their core beliefs? Are any
individuals excluded from this faith? Just who are the “Promise Keepers” and
what do they promise?!
11.15pm: Morning coffee
11.30pm: Essay marking and assessment
During this part of the day, delegates will have the opportunity to enhance
their marking and assessment skills. Delegates will be given various
assessment techniques and strategies to be employed at AS and A2 Level
including the “rule of five” and the “pyramid plan”.
12.30pm: Lunch
1.30pm: The Secularisation Debate
Find out what the Miss World contest and religion have in common!
This popular and successful module with teachers and students will give
delegates the opportunity to explore the changing nature of religion in
contemporary society. Attention will be given to applying your sociological
imagination to the understanding of the “spiritual supermarket”, cultural
defence and the “importation” of faith.
3.15pm: How to motivate your students.
Creating a ‘Buzz’ in the classroom. ‘Tried and tested’ ideas which make
learning both interactive and enjoyable. Strategies that differentiate and are
suitable for all learning styles.
3.45pm: Day ends

4. AQA A2 Sociology:
Updating the delivery of Global Development
Course features
Keynote speaker: Emeritus Professor
The debate around globalization is entering a new Leslie Sklair, LSE
and more mature phase. We are delighted to provide
this unique opportunity for delegates to focus on this Leslie is a leading academic in this area of sociology.
exciting area of their teaching. The course will enable His research attempts to deconstruct the concept by
teachers to update their subject knowledge, discuss distinguishing three modes of globalisation, he has
the latest developments and consider the progress published widely both nationally and internationally.
and outcomes of current research. We are delighted to
welcome Professor Leslie Sklair who will provide our
keynote lecture. We are also pleased to welcome
Tutor: Jonathan Blundell
Jill Timms whose report will be of great interest to
Jonathan is a highly experienced teacher in a very
teachers as she will outline her methods used in the
successful sociology department of a leading college. He
research.
regularly organises a visit to The Gambia to enable his
students to experience globalisation and development
‘first hand’. Jonathan is also an experienced examiner for
Delegates will receive a file and/or CD a major awarding body.
containing detailed notes of the course
Venue and date
London, Thursday 11th November 2010
Course fee £195 plus VAT
9.45am: Registration and coffee
10.00am: From World Sociology to Global Development
Overview- is there anything new?
Resources and keeping up-to-date
Applying AO1 and developing AO2 skills
11.00am: Morning coffee
11.15am: Keynote session: Professor Leslie Sklair ‘Generic globalisation, capitalist
globalisation, alternative globalisation’
12.30am: Lunch
1.30pm: Current research project: A report by Jill Timms
Methods used- interpretation, evaluation and presentation of evidence and
argument. Applying this to the delivery of the specification
2.30pm: Bringing it all together
Making the links and including contemporary examples
Developing students’ writing skills
Stretch and challenge & the A*
3.45pm: Day ends

5. AS/A2 Sociology
One hundred practical ideas for teaching
Course Features
Fed up with Haralambos? Stuck for ideas on how to Tutor: Lesley Clark
spice up your lessons? This course is designed for new
and more experienced teachers of A level Sociology
who want to approach their delivery with student Lesley has been teaching Sociology AS and A level for 10
focused teaching and learning techniques. Delegates years (both AQA and OCR) at an outstanding sixth form
will leave armed with at least one hundred ideas that college in Brighton. She has led CPD training sessions,
can be transferred straight into the classroom. Active written the online teaching resources for Haralambos
learning techniques that could be used in many of the and is currently writing material for a new website that
core modules will be demonstrated. We aim to help uses current news stories and television clips to teach
raise levels of confidence in teachers who are sociology sociological ideas.
specialists and non-specialists alike so that the changes
ahead can be enjoyable, fresh and engaging for both
students and teachers.
Venue and date
Delegates will receive a file and/or CD London, Wednesday 3rd November 2010
containing detailed notes of the course
Course fee £195 plus VAT
9.45am: Registration and coffee
10.00am: The sociology syllabus
An introduction to the specs. Focus on the common themes across the exam boards
10.45am: Morning coffee
11.00am: Ideas for teaching sociological themes, concepts, debates and evidence
Demonstrations of teaching ideas that work- the more interactive the better
12.30pm: Lunch
1.30pm: Ideas for assessment
Suggestions for reducing our marking burden and improving the usefulness of all assessed
work.
2.45pm: Resourcing
Suggestions on how to use technology, songs, media sources, books, pictures and people
as resources to invigorate your teaching.
3.45pm: Day ends

6. From OK to outstanding:
Winning ways to transform the way you teach
Course features
•Discuss the impact of the learning context on the Tutor: Karl Turner
quality of lessons
•Offer advice on planning lesson structures that
contribute towards having outstanding lessons Karl Turner has taught for 28 years in state secondary
•Explain strategies for managing classrooms more schools. He is now an Educational Consultant delivering
effectively high quality conferences and INSET focusing primarily
•Explain how to maximise learning by judicious choice on supporting colleagues in developing effective
of pupil activities teaching strategies for teachers and successful learning
•Suggest a variety of simple aids to learning opportunities. He has written for the TES and other
•Describe ineffective and effective behaviour professional journals and has written, directed and
management performed in commercially produced teacher training
•Offer strategies for keeping the focus firmly on learning videos. Karl has lectured to PGCE students and has been
rather than performance a senior school mentor to more than 70 NQTs over the
•Give delegates the opportunity to reflect upon their past 6 years. All have passed their Induction period.
own teaching style and to question whether it should
change Venues and dates
Delegates will receive a file and/or CD London, Tuesday 30 November 2010
containing detailed notes of the course Manchester, Wednesday 8 December 2010
Course fee £195 plus VAT
9.45am: Registration and coffee
10.00am: Lesson infrastructure that contributes towards having outstanding lessons
Inspectors’ definitions of ‘outstanding’ and ‘inadequate’ lessons
Get the context right and the content will take care of itself (almost!)
Planning lessons that focus on learning rather than performance
How to achieve ICM (Invisible Classroom Management)
11.30am: Morning coffee
12.00pm: Student activities that contribute towards having outstanding lessons
Meta-cognition – Teach the “How” as well as the “What”
Strategies to involve students more fully in their own learning
10 irrefutable facts about learning that should influence what goes on in
your classroom
Aids to learning – simple techniques to maximise learning
1.00pm: Lunch
2.00pm: Teaching strategies that contribute towards having outstanding lessons
Effective behaviour management in the classroom
The impact of preferred learning styles on the way students learn and
teachers teach. Self-audit to improve the quality of your teaching
3.30pm: Day ends

7. CALLING ALL new teachers this is the one course you
NEED RIGHT NOW!
Course features
Tutor: Karl Turner
•To explore the essential “do’s and don’ts” of effective
classroom and behaviour management
•To ensure you know how to have a successful and Karl Turner has taught for 28 years in state secondary
positive Induction Year schools. He is now an Educational Consultant delivering
•To describe how to create an excellent climate for high quality conferences and INSET focusing primarily
learning in your lessons on supporting colleagues in developing effective
•To explain the characteristics of highly effective lessons teaching strategies for teachers and successful learning
in any subject opportunities for children. He has written for the TES
•To discuss OFSTED’s / ESTYN’s, parents’ and students’ and other professional journals and has written, directed
views on effective teachers and schools and performed in commercially produced teacher
•To offer strategies for integrating assessment for training videos. Karl has lectured to PGCE students and
learning into lessons has been a senior school mentor to more than 70 NQTs
over the past 6 years. All have passed their Induction
period.
Delegates will receive a file and/or CD
containing detailed notes of the course Venues and dates
Course fee £195 plus VAT London, Thursday 11 November 2010
Manchester, Thursday 4 November 2010
9.45am: Registration and coffee
10.00am: How to ensure your Induction Year is successful and positive
Roles, responsibilities and rights of everyone involved with Induction
Ensuring lesson observations show you in your best light
Preparing for review and assessment meetings
Proving that you are meeting the Induction Standards
11.00am: Morning coffee
11.15am: Session 2 – ‘Getting the buggers to behave!’
Why do pupils behave badly?
How your behaviours affect the students’ behaviour
How to manage your voice and your body language to improve interactions with
students’.
25 classic behaviour modification strategies that will work
Analysis of video clips of effective and ineffective teacher behaviour when trying
to deal with some of the common confrontations teachers experience
How to avoid / deal with some common behavioural issues
Practical tips and hints that are proven to work
12.30pm: Lunch
1.30pm: Session 3 – Creating an excellent climate for learning
How do I achieve invisible classroom management?
How to make your lessons more effective, in any subject
How do I …? Strategies for dealing with some common classroom management
problems
2.30pm: OFSTED’s, parents’ and students’ views about good lessons and good schools
Integrating assessment for learning into your classroom practices
Identifying effective teaching – video analysis of 2 experienced practitioners in
action in the classroom
What you can do differently tomorrow to make a difference
3.45pm: Day ends

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Payment is required 2 weeks before the date of the workshop.
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Teacher Courses Venue Date Course fee per Number of
head (plus VAT) places required
Special Sociology Conference: Contemporary
London 04/02/11 £195
issues in Crime and Deviance
A2 Sociology: Beliefs in Society London 25/11/10 £195
AQA A2 Sociology: Updating the delivery of
London 11/11/10 £195
Global Development
AS/A2 Sociology :One hundred practical ideas
London 03/11/10 £195
for teaching.
London 30/11/10 £195
From OK to outstanding: winning ways to
transform the way you teach
Manchester 08/12/10 £195
London 11/11/10 £195
CALLING ALL new teachers this is the one
course you NEED RIGHT NOW!
Manchester 04/11/10 £195
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