5. Contexts
Social Context
- To review and explore the significance of ideology, culture, opportunity and accountability
- To relate personal beliefs to wider ideologies
- To map changes in educational ideologies
People and Agency
- To consider the meaning and significance of 'agency', both for teachers and for learners
- To explore a pupil's cultures and communities of practice
- To find out more about the culture of your pupils outside of school and to develop strategies for harnessing this knowledge in school
- To devise innovative approaches to tapping the 'funds of knowledge' that parents and families have abour their children, your pupils
- To refect on your own cultures and communities of practice
- To fnd our more about the financial resources of your school and compare it with others in your area
