This is a methods in context revision notes covering secondary sources of data used in sociological research

This is a methods in context revision notes covering case studies and longitudinal studies used in sociological research

Worksheet / notes summarising the gender differences in attainment or achievement and specifically why boys underachieve with external and internal explanations

Worksheet / notes summarising the gender differences in attainment or achievement and specifically why girls outperform boys

Worksheet / notes summarising the Postmodern perspective on education

Worksheet / notes summarising the Marxist perspective on education

Worksheet / notes summarising the Interactionist or commonly known as labelling perspective on education policy

Worksheet / notes summarising the New Right perspective on the sociology of education

Worksheet / notes summarising the impact of privatisation on education policy

Worksheet / notes summarising the Sociology of education policy including the New Right, New Labour and Coalition governments

This worksheet has suggestions on how A Level Sociology students can revise for the exam.

This worksheet can be used as a cover page to thoery, explaining the difference between structural and social action perspectives, as well as conflict and consensus appraches.

Worksheet / notes summarising the impact of education policy on social groups such as gender, class and ethnicity.

Functionalist perspectives on education including Durkheim, Parsons, and Davis and Moore

This worksheet covers a total of 233 quiz questions on crime and deviance, each separated to the different topics and perspectives taught. They can be used to test students on each area at the end of the lesson or start of a new one. Alternatively they can be used to examine students at the end of the unit. Quiz topics include: Functionalism Strain and subcultural theories Interactionism and labelling theory Marxism and Neo-Marxism Realist approaches Gender Ethnicity White collar crimes and social class and crime Victimology Official statistics and crime Globalisation and crime State crime and human rights abuse Green crime Mass media and the social construction of crime Crime control, prevention and punishment

This worksheet covers Interactionism / labelling theory on crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It includes: Becker’s social construction of crime, Lemert’s primary and secondary labelling, Young’s effects of labelling and Goffman’s deviance within institutions. Overall evaluation is included for each Sociologist. 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 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 sociologists to explain green crime patterns in crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It begins by comparing green criminology to conventional laws, before exploring the two views on harm. This is followed by theories put forward by sociologists including: Beck on global risk society, South on the types of green crime and finally the consequence of toxic waste dumping. 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 crime control, prevention and punishment for crime and deviance in A Level Sociology. It includes: the types of punishment, functionalist perspectives on punishment and Marxism on punishment. This is followed by crime prevention and control theories put forward by Left Realism (social and community crime prevention), Right Realism (situational crime prevention and increasing social control), environmental crime prevention and Foucault on surveillance. 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 Marxist theory of crime and deviance for A Level Sociology. It includes theories by Chambliss, Snider and Gordon. It examines the criminogenic nature of capitalism and asks: who makes the laws? Who does it benefit? Who breaks the law? Who gets caught? Why break the law? Why enforce the law? Overall evaluation of Marxism is also included. This worksheet can be used to teach form or for students to revise from.