MODEL ANSWER Outline and explain two reasons for girls achievement (10)

MODEL ANSWER Outline and explain two effects of globalization on religion (10)

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

MODEL ANSWER Outline and explain two reasons why sects appeal to marginalized groups. (10 marks)

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

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: Miller and Hoffman- why women are more religious than men Evidence of equality Davidman- different but equal For and Against- religion maintains patriarchy

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: 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 A, analyse two reasons for the decline in traditional religious belief in the U.K (10)

MODEL ANSWER Identify and explain two reasons why older people appear to be more religious than young people (10)

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

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

MODEL ANSWER Outline and explain two reasons why women appear to have a higher participation rate in religion than men (10)

MODEL ANSWER Identify and briefly explain two characteristics of NAMs (10 marks)

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

Exam question model answers and complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students Includes: Strengths and criticisms of Functionalism, Marxism and the New Right Model answers for: - Define the Myth of Meritocracy (2 marks) - Outline three ways in which the correspondence principle operates within school (6 marks) - Outline and explain two roles that education fulfills according to functionalists. (10 marks)

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

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Research Methods module. Includes: issues with researching different groups and settings in education Malcom Hill Researching classrooms- gatekeepers, peer groups