Complete A level sociology theory and methods unit

These resources have been designed for the AQA A level / AS level sociology exam board. The resources cover the following topic areas.

**quantitative and qualitative methods of research; **

• quantitative and qualitative methods of research; research design
• sources of data, including questionnaires, interviews, participant and non-participant observation, experiments, documents and official statistics
• the distinction between primary and secondary data, and between quantitative and qualitative data
• the relationship between positivism, interpretivism and sociological methods; the nature of ‘social facts’
• the theoretical, practical and ethical considerations influencing choice of topic, choice of method(s) and the conduct of research.

Methods in Context:
these resrouces cover the the following areas:

• Students must be able to apply sociological research methods to the study of education.

Theory and Methods A level sociology:
these resrouces cover the the following areas:

• quantitative and qualitative methods of research; research design
• sources of data, including questionnaires, interviews, participant and non-participant observation, experiments, documents and official statistics
• the distinction between primary and secondary data, and between quantitative and qualitative data
• the relationship between positivism, interpretivism and sociological methods; the nature of ‘social facts’
• the theoretical, practical and ethical considerations influencing choice of topic, choice of method(s) and the conduct of research
• consensus, conflict, structural and social action theories
• the concepts of modernity and post-modernity in relation to sociological theory
• the nature of science and the extent to which Sociology can be regarded as scientific
• the relationship between theory and methods
• debates about subjectivity, objectivity and value freedom
• the relationship between Sociology and social policy.

**The resources are mainly powerpoints with student activities in them. The resources use model essays, scaffolding for essay writting, quizzing for recall/ retention, past exam questions, assessment for learning questions, deliberate practice and dual coding of concepts. Where it’s stated to read the textbook, the textbook used is the either thw AQA A Level Sociology Book One Including AS Level by Webb et al (if this resource is a AS resource) or AQA A Level Sociology Book two Including A Level by Webb et al (if this resource is a A level resource **