A-level curriculum matching

The topics covered by 'Big Picture on Sex and Gender' are particularly relevant to the following subjects:

Biology and human biology, for example:

• evolution, e.g. variation exists between members of a species and the significance of meiosis in generating genetic variation
• hormones, e.g. reproduction and its hormonal control, the role of hormones in controlling early growth, and the changes associated with puberty
• genetics, e.g. the moral and ethical issues associated with using biotechnology to manipulate reproduction
• social, ethical, moral and cultural issues related to sex selection.

Sociology, for example:

• differences in life chances because of gender
• the role of the mass media in representations of gender
• different explanations of the different educational achievements of gender
• different explanations of the social distribution of crime and deviance by gender.

Psychology, for example:

• explanations of the development of gender identity/gender development, e.g. social learning theories/cognitive developmental theories
• the relationship between sexual selection and human reproductive behaviour including evolutionary explanations of parental investment, e.g. sex differences.

The topics covered by this issue of 'Big Picture' could also be addressed as a cross-curricular set of lessons/project based on contributions from some or all of these subjects.