Notes for further reading
Research Briefing
Diagrams and Figures 
Reflective activites
Social Context
There are six reflective activities in this section which will help you to explore the key idea that social forces and individual actions influence and reinforce each other. The first two are designed to encourage recognition and reflection on the concept of ideology, drawing closely on the ideas explained in Reflective Teaching. This is then followed by two activities enabling reflection on the ways that pupils and teachers move between different cultures both inside and outside of school. You are then invited to undertake an activity exploring school resources, focused on finances, and then finally to examine the ways in which as teachers we experience accountability.
People
In this section we include three Reflective activities to aid more thinking about the personal factors that influence the interaction between social structures and individuals in the context of schools. The first of these focuses on identity issues for teachers whilst the second and third are aimed at increasing stores of knowledge and understanding of pupils and their families.
- How can communication be used to integrate ethnic minority pupils in to school?
- What everyday opportunities for helping children develop their literacy can we point out to parents?
- How can we encourage children to draw on their parents' knowledge of solving maths problems?
- What advice should we give parents on whether and how they should correct their children’s reading?
- How might we help parents of young children take a more active role in their learning?
- What do we know about our pupils’ backgrounds and how can we use it?