AQA A Level Sociology Themes and Perspectives: Year 2 (Haralambos and Holborn AQA A Level Sociology)

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the relationship of the family to the social structure and social change, with particular reference to the economy and to state policies

Not only this, they are easy to improve and update while painting the overall structure. In short – blogs, I think, have many advantages over text books. I quit full time teaching in 2018, which I was able to do thanks to income earned from this blog and have spent the last five years keeping the material up to date. Topics covered on ReviseSociology.com

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I believe blogging is one of the powerful forms of educational technology available for presenting the core knowledge relevant to A-level and degree level subjects in clearly structured, accessible and understandable format. ReviseSociology has been live since February 2014 and just keeps on growing: I aim to provide at least three new posts a week, but these days most of my time is spent keeping historic material up to date, and I am to update all of the main A-level posts and the most popular posts more generally at least once every three years. I’m currently in the process of developing a range of interactive, educational infographics in the following areas: All of the first year A-level content is also relevant to the AS level in sociology, and there are some posts dedicated to the AS exams. Clear headings and subheadings signpost and organise the content - particularly important for students new to the subject.

sources of data, including questionnaires, interviews, participant and non-participant observation, experiments, documents and official statistics Engage with the latest research with in-depth explorations of new and classic research studies and accompanying questions I’ve found Infographics extremely useful for livening up many topics in A-level sociology, and I’ve developed an interest in learning how to create my own.

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changing patterns of marriage, cohabitation, separation, divorce, childbearing and the life course, including the sociology of personal life, and the diversity of contemporary family and household structures Evaluate from other PERSPECTIVES – What would other perspectives say about the theory / concept? Is there a counter-argument? There is no great mystery about how to study for sociology A-level. Many students, although they’re not naturally that ‘academic’ still score A and A* grades through sheer hard work, focus and determination. HOWEVER, I do not have an entirely rose tinted view of the use of technology in education, and one of my interests is in critically evaluating the effects of the use of educational technology on students, teachers and wider society more generally.

globalisation and crime in contemporary society; the media and crime; green crime; human rights and state crimes Reflecting on the extent to which Buddhist philosophy and ethics might help us lay the foundations for leading a good life and constructing the ‘good society. Develop proficiency in critical analysis with up-to-date case studies and questions focused on analysis and evaluation The problem I’ve found is that however pretty they are, infographics are only as good as the data used in their construction, and I’ve found that the infographics available rarely have all of the information I need when teaching a particular topic. It follows that I’ve developed an interest in producing data visualisations, which in turn has taken me down the route of learning more about the strengths and limitations of quantitative data and different techniques of data analysis.

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the social distribution of crime and deviance by ethnicity, gender and social class, including recent patterns and trends in crime

religious organisations, including cults, sects, denominations, churches and New Age movements, and their relationship to religious and spiritual belief and practice The resources have been designed for A-level sociology and cover the core themes on the AQA’s specification but are suitable for new 16-19 students studying any specification. the role of transnational corporations, non-governmental organisations and international agencies in local and global strategies for development As long as you have great syllabus notes and lots of past paper questions the rest is really up to you. If you want to score an A* or A grade you need to act like someone who’s going to score these grades.the relationship between different social groups and religious/spiritual organisations and movements, beliefs and practices Highlighting the ‘insanity of normality’ – raising awareness of how ‘perfectly ordinary’ everyday aspirations, habitual actions, and ‘typical lifestyles’ have negative consequences for the self (in terms of physical and mental health), the reproduction of society and the environment. My favourite fully resourced lesson plans – consisting of a variety of individual and interactive activities which draw on my two decades of experience teaching sociology. Everything from…