Today is Day 20 of the #40DayChallenge - the half way point. I am concluding the 10 mark theory and methods questions today as I…

Continue reading → #40DayChallenge – Day 20 – Positivism

Nearly at the half-way point with just 22 days of revision to go until the Paper 1 exam on May 22nd. Today I have set…

Continue reading → #40 Day Challenge Day 19 – Ageing Population and Family

In the past, short answer questions on the major theories were not something students would expect. However, last year one of the questions for students…

Continue reading → #40DayChallenge – Day 18 Feminism

Two key topic areas seem to be causing a lot of concern when it comes to revision. Lots of teachers and students have sent messages…

Continue reading → #40DayChallenge Day 17 – Globalisation and Family

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…

Continue reading → #40DayChallenge Day 16 – Practical limitations of Self Completition Questionnaires

Today we are going back to family and looking at the Outline and Explain question. Lots of requests to look at social policy for all…

Continue reading → #40DayChallenge Day 15 Social Policy and Gender Roles

Today the focus is on the theoretical part of research methods and specifically Interpretivist methodology. Whilst this is not a question type that we have…

Continue reading → #40DayChallenge Day 14 – Theoretical Advantages of Interpretivism

Today's question switches from looking at the theoretical debates on the theory and methods 10 mark questions to the methods that sociologists use. Two years…

Continue reading → #40DayChallenge Day 12 – Ethics and Covert Observations

We are 25% of the way through the #40DayChallenge now and I have been really grateful for all of the positive feedback I have had…

Continue reading → #40DayChallenge Day 11 – Functions of Education