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

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

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

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 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: Becker’s Teacher Labelling theory, and criticisms Setting and Streaming Pro-school and Anti-school Subcultures

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: 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: Equal opportunities policies Selection and league tables Teacher labelling Liberal Feminism Radical feminism Symbolic capital Archer (2010) Hyper-heterosexual feminine identities Boyfriends Being “loud” Working class girls’ dilemma Successful working class girls

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

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Research Methods module. Includes: what are official statistics? secondary sources the positivist love affair interpretivist suspicions examples of use further uses advantages and disadvantages political bias in statistics lack of control by researcher 2 case studies!