This worksheet covers the arguments in favour and against the view that the family has lost its function including functionalist perspectives like Parsons, Fletcher and Murdock as well as Ross, Litwak, Marxist and feminist perspectives.
This worksheet covers the research process in sociology including the difference between an aim and hypothesis, types of social surveys, open and closed questions, pilot studies, sampling etc.
Worksheet / notes summarising the ethnic differences in attainment or achievement and specifically why the Indian and Chinese students overachieve, while white, black, Pakistani and Bengali students underachieve with external and internal explanations
Worksheet / notes summarising the social class differences in attainment or achievement and specifically why the working class underachieve and the middle class overachieve with external and internal explanations
This worksheet gets teachers and students to think about how to link the sociology of education to research methods. For those teaching the AQA specification, this will help with the 20 mark essays.
This is a worksheet and revision notes covering the how sociologists choose topics. It covers primary and secondary data, qualitative and quantitative methods as well as triangulation
Worksheet / notes summarising the gender differences in attainment or achievement and specifically why boys underachieve with external and internal explanations
This worksheet covers the explanations put forward by sociologists to explain the role of the media in the social construction and promotion of crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It begins by explain why the media can be a problem and how they can distort our view of crime. Later, representations of crime is explored through agenda setting and newsworthiness, before looking into theories put forward by Greer on media distortion and exaggeration of crime, Cohen on deviancy amplification and Hall on policing the crisis. Cybercrimes are also explored. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.
This worksheet covers the explanations put forward by feminists and other sociologists to explain gender patterns in crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It begins by exploring gender patterns for criminalisation, victimisation and representation in the criminal justice system. This is followed by explanations of low female criminality including: chivalry thesis and bias and double standards in the criminal justice system. Later causes of female crime is explored including: physiological explanations, Functionalism’s sex role theory, Heidensohn on patriarchal control, Carlen on class and gender deals and Messerschmidt on masculinity. Overall detailed evaluation is also provided of each perspective. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.
This worksheet covers the explanations put forward by sociologists to explain ethnic patterns in crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It includes: racism within the criminal justice system, Left Realist explanations, Gilroy on the myth of black criminality, Hall on policing the crisis and also explores theories by Bowling and Philips as well as Alexander to explore Asian criminality. Overall detailed evaluation is also provided of each perspective. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.