AQA A Level Sociology: Book 2

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As long as you have great syllabus notes and lots of past paper questions the rest is really up to you. If you want to score an A* or A grade you need to act like someone who’s going to score these grades. Carol Christ’s Feminist Spirituality – class notes covering Christ’s view that women should seek personal paths to finding the Goddess.

Religion and globalisation – brief revision notes covering different perspectives on the relationship between globalisation and religion. What is Fundamentalism? – c lass notes outlining Steve Bruce’s five features of religious fundamentalism and the difference between individual and communal fundamentalism.The resources have been designed for A-level sociology and cover the core themes on the AQA’s specification but are suitable for new 16-19 students studying any specification. There is no great mystery about how to study for sociology A-level. Many students, although they’re not naturally that ‘academic’ still score A and A* grades through sheer hard work, focus and determination. The Functionalist Perspective on Religion – summary revision notes covering Durkheim’s Malinowski’s, and Parsons perspectives on the role of religion in society Theory and research methods including applied methods, aka methods in context (Papers 7193/1 and 7192/3)

Beliefs in society is an option within AQA A-level sociology. It usually taught in the second year of study. The very existence of this blog is an experiment in the use of educational technology. Personally I think it is ‘evolutionary’, but please feel free to disagree! 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. The Church – revision notes covering the key features of the church, which are the largest, well established and most conservative religious organisations in many societies.

Explaining the growth of the new age movement – re vision Notes covering Steve Bruce’s and Paul Heelas’ views on how the New Age Movement ‘fits into’ post modern society. globalisation and its influence on the cultural, political and economic relationships between societies Reflecting on the extent to which Buddhist philosophy and ethics might help us lay the foundations for leading a good life and constructing the ‘good society. Evalaute – POWER/ BIAS/ VALUE FREEDOM? Who developed the concept/ theory – whose interests does it serve? For example, “x” theor is ethnocentric because….