MODEL ANSWER Outline and explain two functions of religion, according to functionalist sociologists (10 marks)

MODEL ANSWER Applying the item and your own knowledge, evaluate sociological explanations of the relationship between globalisation and crime (30 marks)

MODEL ANSWER Applying material from Item C and your own knowledge of research methods, evaluate the strengths and limitations of using written questionnaires to investigate the role of parents in their children’s achievement in school (20)

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Research Methods module. Includes: types of interviews interviewer bias strengths and weaknesses of structured formal interviews strengths and weaknesses of semi-structured interviews strengths and weaknesses of unstructured informal interviews strengths and weaknesses of group interviews the interview as a social interaction

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: Miller and Hoffman- why women are more religious than men Evidence of equality Davidman- different but equal For and Against- religion maintains patriarchy

MODEL ANSWER Outline and explain TWO reasons for gender differences in educational achievement (10 marks)

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students Includes: Ball and Youdell (2007) Political parties supporting privatisation Ethnicity and educational policy Mirza, Gillborn, Gove and New Right Similarities and continuities between government policies since 1979

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students. Includes: Becker’s Teacher Labelling theory, and criticisms Setting and Streaming Pro-school and Anti-school Subcultures

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Research Methods module. Includes: participant observation covert and overt observation structured and unstructured observation Griffin- acceptance ‘staying in’ and ‘getting out’ of participant observations strengths and weaknesses of participant observations Lacey (subcultures) Wright (ethnicity) advantages and disadvantages of observations

Model Answer Applying material from Item A and your knowledge, evaluate sociological explanations for differences in religiosity between social groups (20 marks)

MODEL ANSWER Outline and explain two problems in measuring religious belief and practice (10)

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: Interpretivism and Religion The social construction of reality Link to postmodernism Criticisms of Berger and Luckman Postmodernism and Religion Decline in meta-narratives Increasing secularisation spiritual shoppers syncretic religion increase in religious fundamentalism criticisms of postmodernist views

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: Heelas- why NAMs appeal to the middle class Why sects and cults appeal to the working class Why the middle class join cults and world-affirming NRMs and NAMs Why the Church appeals to the middle class

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Research Methods module. Includes: validity and reliability aims and hypotheses pilot studies types of sampling

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Research Methods module. Includes: practical (time, access, skills, cost) ethical (informed consent, anonymity, confidentiality, protection from harm, social desirability) reliability validity examples representativeness theoretical- preferred by positivists or interpretivists

MODEL ANSWER Applying material from Item C and your knowledge of research methods,evaluate the strengths and limitations of using observations to investigate students subcultures. (20)

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students. Including: labelling and teacher racism pupils identities pupil responses and subcultures the ethnocentric curriculum selection and segregation

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students Includes: neoliberalism globalisation marketisation left wing views of education right wing views of education evaluating the impact of educational policies free schools

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students. Including: external factors: - boys and literacy (+evaluation) - leisture time (+evaluation) - decline in traditional male working class jobs (+evaluation) internal factors: - feminisation of education (Sewell) (Ringrose) (+evaluation) - male role models (Francis) (Read) (+evaluation) - masculinity and anti-school subcultures) - attitudes to school work (+evaluation) - teacher labelling (+evaulation) - moral panic about boys (+evaluation) - Social class evaluation points