The Sociology Guy

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 the challenge of making the link between the ageing population and changes in the

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 was to outline and explain two ways the

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 asking me to cover aspects of social policy and globalisation. With

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

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 areas of the specification so I have gone with another social

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 seen so far in the AQA exams, for me it is

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 ago, in the first examination of

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 and how students and teachers have taken to spreading the work

Today’s question on the #40DayChallenge in on Theory and Methods. One of the debates under the banner of theory and methods is should sociology inform social policy. Today’s question