Teaching Notes

  
The materials available for download in this section are course materials directly related to the A-level syllabus. They are, in the main, detailed and extensive in their coverage of the following modules:
Introductory The place to start for materials (such as Basic Concepts) for those just starting A-level Sociology
Culture and Identity

Theories of Culture; Cultural Diversity; Sources of Identity.
Education The Role of education; the formal and Hidden curriculum; Differential Educational Achievement
Research Methods The Research Process; Sampling techniques; Primary and Secondary Research Methods; Sociology and Science; Experiments; Participant Observation
Religion

Definitions and Concepts; Religious Organisations; Marxist, Functionalist and Interactionist theories; Secularisation; Religion and Social Position; Religious Pluralism; Religion and Social Change
Theory Defining Science; Is Sociology A Science?; Is Science Scientific?; Practical and Theoretical Research Considerations; Reliability, Validity andTriangulation; Value-Freedom
Research Methodologies (Positivist, Interpretivist and Realist); Functionalism; Feminism; Interactionism, Weber and Marx.
Deviance Basic Concepts; Social Distribution of Crime; Non-Sociological Theories of Crime; Functionalist, Ecological, Subcultural and Interactionist theories; Orthodox Marxism; Radical Criminology; New Left Realism; New Right Realism; Youth Subcultures; the Sociology of Suicide.
Social Inequality Basic Concepts (including Defining Social Differentiation, Stratification and Inequality ); Measuring Social Class; Marxist Perspectives; Weberian Perspectives; Gender Stratification; Ethnicity and Inequality.
Mass Media Youth Subcultures; The Selection of News; Media Technology; Ownership and Control.
Family Life Family and Social Structure; Industrialisation; Family Diversity, Family Decline; Sex and Gender; Gender Socialisation; Feminism; Childhood; Old Age; Feminism; Social Policy.
Politics and Power Basic Concepts; Theories of the State; Theories of Power; Voting Behaviour.

All the available materials are free to teachers and students, but please read the copyright restrictions notice in the "Information" section.