Methods in Context - EPIC Revision PPT/Booklet

Students find it hard to grasp the nature of the Methods in Context question. They need to understand that they need to take on the role of a Sociological researcher, and consider how the scenario they are given would work in reality - How would the given method work in this particular context? How might it work successfully? What might the drawbacks be?
Because the nature of this question is different to all of the others in the exam, I teach it a different way. What I have found useful over the years is to get students to look at past exam questions ALONGSIDE the relevant section of the examiners report and the mark scheme. For this question the examiners reports are particularly enlightening.
Consequently this EPIC revision PPT is different in style to all the others available in my shop. There are 11 slides in total. Three are introductory, followed by 8 slides - each dedicated to one of the eight past papers ‘Methods in Context’ questions. Laid out on these slides are the Item, the question, a summary of the examiners report for that question, the mark scheme (17-20 mark level descriptor) and a ‘Points to take away’ box - where I show students how to develop points from the Item in a way to get them into the higher mark bracket.
By the time they have worked through these slides/booklet, students will be much more confident about what they are trying to achieve when answering the ‘Methods in Context’ question and consequently are likely to gain higher grades.
I have also written EPIC revision PPTs for Crime & Deviance, Beliefs in Society, Families and househlds and Sociological Theory (AQA). These are available in my TES shop.