The Sociology Guy

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A Brand New Cohort – Year 12 and GCSE

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

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First Week Back – Year 13

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

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A Level Content

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,

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#40DayChallenge Day 35

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

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#40 Day Challenge Days 31-34

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

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#40DayChallenge – Day 31

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

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#40DayChallenge Day 30 – Interactionism

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

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#40DayChallenge Day 29 – Values in Sociology

With just 11 days remaining until the first paper, I am trying to cover as many potential 10 markers as I can for the Theory and Methods question 6 to make sure students are prepared for all

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#40DayChallenge Day 28

Another form of 10 mark Theory and methods question is a comparison between two different forms of research methods. This was seen on Paper 3 in 2017 where the question asked to compare overt and

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#40Day Challenge Day 27 – Consensus vs Conflict

I may be slightly out of sync in recent days having posted three questions on one day, but today I am focusing on the ten markers for question 6 on papers 1 and 3. There are so many different