Due to a few issues out of my control (internet connection issues - thank you Sky!) been unable to upload responses/questions for 4) day challenge for the last few days. There are only 4 days of revision left until the first paper and I intend to make sure that there are 40 model answers there … Continue reading #40 Day Challenge Days 31-34
Today's 40 Day challenge is on research methods. Given that 2 of the 8 ten mark questions across the 3 papers are on either Theory or Methods this is the eighth theory methods question I have asked. These questions are much harder to predict and so for revision I would suggest as a minimum you … Continue reading #40DayChallenge Day 16 – Practical limitations of Self Completition Questionnaires
'Dear Society, We need to talk. Things have just been getting a bit crazy of late. It's not you, it's not me, these things just happen. I used to feel so connected to you, I really understood you. Recently, things have changed though. You're acting so erratic. You've been hanging out with all the wrong … Continue reading Dear Society – #sociologymatters
I've mentioned in previous posts that I am a fan of staged repetition and spaced practice. For those of you who aren't aware of these concepts, staged repletion is based upon the idea that it takes at least three attempts for information to sink in, whilst spaced practice suggests that continuous revision of material over … Continue reading Year 13 – Week 2 Part 2
Teaching is unlike any other profession. Never is this more evident then when returning from the summer holidays. In most workplaces, everything continues as normal while you're sunning yourself in Tenerife or trekking across the Dales or camping on your couch, binge watching 'The Handmaid's Tale' and wondering if you can show any of it … Continue reading Week 2 Year 13 – part 1
My favourite day as a teacher is results day. Firstly, because I get to see the culmination of years of work with my students. I wait as anxiously as they do for results, I'm usually first to the building in the morning (although recent years have seen me dragging an army of children behind me … Continue reading A Brand New Cohort – Year 12 and GCSE
It's time to Moth-ball the shorts. Pack away the sandals (never, ever wear sandals in educational settings! Nobody wants to see your feet in school). Cut down the drinking to two beers on a week-night (or half a bottle if wine is your thing). It's back to school time. Those long halcyon summer days are … Continue reading First Week Back – Year 13
Core Modules: Education Crime and Deviance Research Methods (including Methods in Context) Theory and Methods Optional Modules: Section A Culture and Identity Families and Households Work, Poverty and Welfare Health (coming soon) Optional Modules: Section B Beliefs in Society Global Development Media Social Stratification
It's actually closer to Day 37... but given the failure of my internet provider this week I'm running behind in my promise to provide you with 40 model answers in 40 days (current total standing at 36). Today I will be looking at a variation on the theme of practical, ethical and theoretical strengths and … Continue reading #40DayChallenge Day 35
Just 9 more days to go in the #40DayChallenge - if you are new to the challenge - why? I've been doing this for over 4 weeks... never mind you can still join in. Today's question is going back to theory and methods and focusing specifically on one of the more straightforward methods - questionnaires. … Continue reading #40DayChallenge – Day 31
Today's 40 Day challenge question is on Interactionism. This is a broad theory that really lacks coherence compared to our structural theories, Marxism, Functionalism and Feminism. There are numerous occasions when we come across Interactionism on the specification, yet students appear to struggle to place it when it does occur. Labelling Theory in both Education … Continue reading #40DayChallenge Day 30 – Interactionism