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Month: January 2026

Posted on 27 Jan 2026

Positivism vs Interpretivism: The Cheat Sheet

When sociologists carry out research, they don’t all agree on how society should be studied. Some believe sociology should work like a science, using facts…

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Posted on 13 Jan 202613 Jan 2026

Understanding Research Methods in Sociology

When sociologists study society, they don’t just rely on opinions or guesses. Instead, they carry out research to collect evidence about how people behave, think,…

Continue reading → Understanding Research Methods in Sociology

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  • Émile Durkheim: Moral Education
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  • Families and Households
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  • Feminist Approaches to Education
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  • Gender Roles and Relationships: Decision Making
  • Global Development
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  • Hebdige and Youth Subcultures
  • Key Sociologists
    • Understanding Class, Status, and Party in Weber’s Theory
  • Knowledge Organisers
  • Lauraine Leblanc: Pretty in Punk (1999) – Summary
  • Learning about society starts here..
  • Marking and Standardisation Services
  • Media
  • Mind-maps
  • Model Answers
  • Model Answers
  • OCR Sociology
  • Pierre Bourdieu and Education
  • Postmodern family life- Stacey
  • Research Methods Vocabulary Quizzes
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  • Researching Social Inequalities — Cambridge OCR A Level Sociology Overview
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  • Revising Culture and Identity Through Mind Mapping
  • Revision Hacks
  • Revision Materials
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  • Revision Notes
  • Revision Notes
  • Social Stratification
  • Sociological Explanations: Social Change and Childbearing
  • Sociological Research on Lone Person Households:
  • Sociology in film
  • Sociology in the news
  • Sociology of Media – Teaching Resources
  • Starting A level Sociology
  • Sylvia Walby and the Six Structures of Patriarchy
  • Talcott Parsons and the Family
  • Teacher CPD
  • Teaching Resources
  • The Ageing Population
  • The Crisis of Hegemony in 1970s Britain
  • The Decline of Marriage
  • The Decline of Marriage: Sociological Perspectives
  • The Gendered Division of Labour in the Home
  • The New Right and the Family
  • The New Right Perspective on Family Life
  • The Rise of Same-Sex Families: Sociological Research and Perspectives
  • The Role of Grandparents in Family Life
  • Theory and Methods – Year 2
  • Topics in Sociology
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  • Understanding Weber’s Work Ethic and Capitalism
  • Why study sociology?
  • Work, Poverty and Welfare
  • Youth Subcultures – Teaching Resources
  • Youth Subcultures in Sociology
  • Contact
  • Beliefs in Society
  • Health
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