Chris Gardner

Hello, I'm Chris Gardner and I'm working at Cadbury Sixth Form College in Birmingham, where I teach AS and A Level Sociology to students in a mutlicultural environment. We use IT a lot in our department, and I have put together materials for my students at Sociology Learning Support http://www.chrisgardner.clara.net/ . This consists mostly of self-assessment exercises for students to check their understanding and receive feedback. I have also co-authored a CD Rom for AS Sociology students with two other teachers from the ATSS for Sociology teachers - Janis Griffiths and Mary Morgan. I'm looking forward to being involved in discussions of Social Science on this forum and seeing what other people are doing in this area.

This site was set up to enable students and teachers to use materials online in short, byte-size chunks when they had a free period. The site includes over 70 self-assessment exercises for AQA and OCR AS and A2 courses. These are mostly designed for students to check their understanding of key issues. They include multiple-choice with feedback on correct and incorrect answers, matching items exercises, crosswords, hangman exercises and wordsearches. There is also a teacher section with links to other sites. The site is part of the National Grid for Learning. Sociology Learning Support