AQA A Level Sociology: Book 2

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This latest edition of the UK's number one best-selling introduction to sociology for 2nd year A level students is fully revised and updated to fit the AQA A level specification perfectly. Written by an outstanding author team, it provides everything students need for success in the second year of the course and in the A level exams. changing patterns of marriage, cohabitation, separation, divorce, childbearing and the life course, including the sociology of personal life, and the diversity of contemporary family and household structures Steve Chapman has been a co-author of Sociology AS for AQA and Sociology A2 for AQA, as well as the OCR editions, since the first edition was published in 2000. He is also the author of several student support Books for both AQA and OCR A-level and AS Sociology. He has edited and written a series of student unit guides for OCR Sociology, the Letts revision guides, an AS/A-Level Sociology Essential Word Dictionary and two books focused on original sociological research. He is an experienced teacher of over 30 years’ standing and was Chief Examiner for a major exam board.

The significance of religion and religiosity in the contemporary world, including the nature and extent of secularisation

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World accommodating new religious movements – revision notes. These are kind of half way between world rejecting and world affirming movements. They tend to help members cope with every day life. Nawal El Saadawi: The Hidden Face of Eve – class notes covering Egyptian feminist El Saadawi’s perspective on the role of religion in oppression women in the Arab World. She basically argues that it’s patriarchy, not religion that’s the problem. Religion and Science – Are They Compatible? – a counter-post to the one above. It focuses on the similarities between science and religion, rather than the differences between the two. The relationship between social change, stability, and religious beliefs, practices and organisations Evaluate the view that the extent of secularisation has been exaggerated (20) – an essay plan covering arguments and evidence for and against the view in the question. Beliefs in society revision bundle for sale

Teaching guide: Bringing the schemes of work to life - delivery of positivism and interpretivism (podcast)The Causes of Fundamentalism – class notes outlining Steve Bruce’s theory of the causes of Fundamentalism. This course provides comprehensive guidance and resources to support the teaching of effective exam technique for the 20 and 30-mark questions in AQA A-LevelSociology.

Emile Durkheim’s Perspective on Religion – class notes covering Durkhiem’s view that religion really represents society, so when people worship religion, they are really worshiping society. Durkhiem argued that religion is a conservative force which reinforces people’s commitment to social values. You might also like these teaching resources for the sociology of education. They are specifically designed for A-level sociology students and consist of several versions of key concepts definitions (80 concepts in total), gapped summary grids with answers covering the entire sociology of education specification and 7 analysis activities. the role and functions of the education system, including its relationship to the economy and to class structure crime control, surveillance, prevention and punishment, victims, and the role of the criminal justice system and other agencies What is secularisation? – a basic definition is ‘the declining significance of religion in society’, but this post digs a little deeper.Theory and research methods including applied methods, aka methods in context (Papers 7193/1 and 7192/3) Using this information should get you a decent grade, but is no guarantee of it, and it is advised that candidates read the AQA’s specification and exam advice thoroughly for themselves in preparation for their course of study and exam! You are competing against people who are going to put in a hell of a lot of hard work so you need to work as hard as or harder than them. And you need to think about what hard work really is.

Reference Col 1 Times Books A-Z Astronomy Gardening National Parks National Trust Books Road Maps & Atlases World Atlases Evidence for secularisation – outlining the statistics on religious belonging, belief and behaviour. Chapman et al (2015) A Level Sociology Student Book One, Including AS Level [Fourth Edition], Collins. ISBN-10: 0007597479 the relationship between social change and social stability, and religious beliefs, practices and organisations Structured catch-up support for AQA A-Level Sociology students to help them recap and revise core topics and concepts typically taught in Year12.Develop proficiency in critical analysis with up-to-date case studies and questions focused on analysis and evaluation The problem I’ve found is that however pretty they are, infographics are only as good as the data used in their construction, and I’ve found that the infographics available rarely have all of the information I need when teaching a particular topic. It follows that I’ve developed an interest in producing data visualisations, which in turn has taken me down the route of learning more about the strengths and limitations of quantitative data and different techniques of data analysis.