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

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: Positivism Interpretivism Triangulation Ethical Issues

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Research Methods module. Includes: Positivism and Interpretivism Primary and Secondary data Qualitative and Quantitative data Factors influencing choice of methods (Practical, Ethical, Theoretical etc.)

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: Key Terms Characteristics of open belief systems Characteristics of closed belief systems Popper- science as an open belief system Khun- science as a closed belief system

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: Social and cultural diversity Church attendance statistics and reliability Surveys and social desirability Surveys and reliability Ethnocentric bias

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: Key Terms Comte, Weber and Marx Durkheim- rationalism and disenchantment Parsons- structural differentiation Bruce- “God is Dead”

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: The decline in church attendance amongst White Christians African-Caribbeans and Pentecostalism Asian religious groups and ethnic identity Why are ethnic minorities more religious? (cultural defence, cultural transition, religious socialisation etc.) Davie, Stark and Bainbridge, Jacobson and Mirza Criticisms- why ethnic minorities are not more religious

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 Belief Systems module. Includes: Facts and Figures Are older people more religious than the young? Voas and Crockett- the ageing effect, the generational effect, religious socialisation Opposing viewpoints Arweck and Beckford- virtual collapse of religious socialisation

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: The appeal of sects and world-rejecting NRMs The appeal of cults, world-affirming NRMs and NAMs Why have sects, cults, NRMs and NAMs grown? Postmodernist arguments Wallis, Weber, Stark and Bainbridge

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: New Age Movements Heelas Woodhead Reiki Crystal Therapy Links to Postmodernism Criticisms of Postmodernist seculatisation theory

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: Wallis World-affirming NRMs World-accommodating NRMs World-rejecting NRMs Criticisms of Wallis

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: Reigious Organisations The Church Denominations Religious Cults

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: The civil rights movement Bruce- taking the moral high ground, channeling dissent, acting as an honest broker, mobilising public opinion Nelson Neo-Marxist views- Gramsci and Maduro Liberation Theology Religious Fundamentalism Religious Fundamentalism as a force for change

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: religion and consensus religion and capitalism religion and patriarchy religion as a force for social change the protestant work ethic and the spirit of capitalism criticisms of Weber

Complete lesson notes aimed towards A-Level Sociology students studying Belief Systems module. Includes: Gender paradox Religious laws and customs Walby and De Beauvoir, Holm and Bowker, Aldridge Places of worship Religious organisations and the stained glass ceiling Sacred texts Radical feminist perspective Marxist feminist perspective Muslim feminist perspective Criticisms