AS Comms - Johari & Concentric Circles

Click here to read how one individual applies the Johari window and Roger's Concentric Circle Model to her own taste in music.

A2 Lit: The Bluest Eye

Here is the interview we watched in class, where Toni Morrison explains her motivation for writing The Bluest Eye.

This is one of the best sites I have found online, which offers essays and support material on The Bluest Eye: click here.

A2 Comms: Marxism

We talked today about Marx's Communist Manifesto, which you can take a look at by clicking here.

AS Comms - The Pygmalion Effect

The original study behind the idea of the 'Pygmalion effect' is explained:

A2 Comms - is Marxism on the rise again?

Click here to read an article written a couple of months ago about the consequences of many people's disenchantment with Capitalism.

Interested in finding out which way your political views lie? Click here to take the political compass test.

A2 Literature - coursework texts for this year

Welcome to A2 Literature - I will be teaching you the three texts for the coursework piece (a 3000 word comparative essay). You will need to buy The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (for link to Amazon, click here) & Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (for link to Amazon, click here). We will also be studying poems by Philip Larkin. I will give you copies of the individual poems that we will be studying - if you want to buy the text that the poems come from then it is called Collected Poems by Philip Larkin (for link to Amazon, click here.) You need The Bluest Eye asap and Death of a Salesman for the end of October. Please let me know straightaway if you are having problems getting the texts.

A2 Comms - What is Capitalism?

Click here for a good, accessible explanation of what Capitalism is. Even if you think you know, it's always good to read someone else's explanation of it. You might also want to watch this clip of American High School students discussing their understanding of what Capitalism is - in 1948:

How does this compare to how you would explain Capitalism today?

AS COMMS - WELCOME

Welcome to AS Communication & Culture at RUTC - we hope you enjoy the course!
There is a course text for AS, which you might like to buy - click here for details on Amazon.

In our first few lessons, we will be exploring the idea of identity & self presentation. Some really interesting ideas about how we see ourselves and what influences our perception of ourselves can be found in this short film by Kiri Davis: