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Revision guide for AQA A-Level (7192) and AS-Level Sociology (7191), including straightforward study notes, independent study booklets, and past paper questions and answers. Fully updated for the summer 2023 term.
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Paper 1: Education with Methods in Context Paper 2: Research Methods and Topics in Sociology Research MethodsStudy Booklet Part 1Study Booklet Part 2Study Booklet Part 3Complete Revision NotesShort Questions and AnswersLearning Objectivesquantitative and qualitative methods of research; research designsources of data, including questionnaires, interviews, participant and non-participant observation, experiments, documents and official statisticsthe distinction between primary and secondary data, and between quantitative and qualitative datathe relationship between positivism, interpretivism and sociological methods; the nature of ‘social facts’the theoretical, practical and ethical considerations influencing choice of topic, choice of method(s) and the conduct of researchTopic 2: Families and HouseholdsStudy Booklet Part 1Study Booklet Part 2Study Booklet Part 3Complete Revision NotesShort Questions and AnswersLearning Objectivesthe relationship of the family to the social structure and social change, with particular reference to the economy and to state policieschanging 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 structuresgender roles, domestic labour and power relationships within the family in contemporary societythe nature of childhood, and changes in the status of children in the family and societydemographic trends in the United Kingdom since 1900: birth rates, death rates, family size, life expectancy, ageing population, and migration and globalisationTopic 5: Beliefs in SocietyStudy Booklet Part 1Study Booklet Part 2Study Booklet Part 3Learning Objectivesideology, science and religion, including both Christian and non-Christian religious traditionsthe relationship between social change and social stability, and religious beliefs, practices and organisationsreligious organisations, including cults, sects, denominations, churches and New Age movements, and their relationship to religious and spiritual belief and practicethe relationship between different social groups and religious/spiritual organisations and movements, beliefs and practicesthe significance of religion and religiosity in the contemporary world, including the nature and extent of secularisation in a global context, and globalisation and the spread of religionsTopic 6: Global DevelopmentRevision NotesKnowledge OrganiserLearning Objectivesdevelopment, underdevelopment and global inequalityglobalisation and its influence on the cultural, political and economic relationships between societiesthe role of transnational corporations, non-governmental organisations and international agencies in local and global strategies for developmentdevelopment in relation to aid and trade, industrialisation, urbanisation, the environment, and war and conflictemployment, education, health, demographic change and gender as aspects of development...
