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BabbeySocBlog |
The Blog advertises itself as "A Sociology site for AS and A2 Level
students" and seems to have been set-up by a teacher for their classes (if it's
origins and ultimate purpose seem a little vague then perhaps a brief perusal
might explain why). It's not, by any means, a "traditional" form of Blog, but it
does contain a range of useful ideas, resources, activities and notes. |
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Everyday Sociology |
This Blog "features interesting, informative, and most of all entertaining
commentary from sociologists around the United States". The articles /
commentaries are split into a range of sub-categories (social problems,
statistics and methods...) for easy access and the site generally has an
easy-going feel to it that combines news items with sociological analysis. The
only real downside for UK-based students is that it draws heavily on American
issues, statistics and the like (which is hardly surprising) but there's enough
going on here to make this a Blog that can be usefully dipped-into from time to
time. |
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Keele University |
Produced by the Sociology and Criminology School at Keele, this is a nice mix of
articles (based on published research, media reports and so forth) and links to
sociology sites, "sociology in the news" (in the main articles appearing on news
sites, such as the BBC, that could be used as good classroom discussion pieces)
and ESRC press releases (giving details of up-to-the-minute sociological
research and analysis). The Blog articles, although generally short, are pitched
at the right kind of level for (in the main) A2 students and the wry humour in
some of the pieces makes a welcome change... |
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OSL Training |
 This
is one of the more...errm...philosophical types of Blog - taking a look at
different events "in the news", TV programmes and so forth and giving them a
sociological spin. Posts seem to be written by a variety of different people and
reflect, therefore, a range of different interests, preoccupations and
questions. It's different and worth a look although the "sociological content"
can be variable, to say the least (but maybe that just helps to open up the
discussion?). However this is yet another blog that seems to have been abandoned
by it's author/s. |
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Our Society Today |
The basic premise behind this blog set-up by the
Economic and Social Research Council is to provide the opportunity for
“young people” to write about the issues that concern, interest and affect them.
To this end, “This blog welcomes comments, articles and
opinions from young people on everyday issues. We want to encourage a
discussion and get the different views that are out there”. In addition
to articles and comments generated by users the blog also features articles
added by various moderators on a range of topics – teachers and their students
may find these particularly interesting because they use the basic blog format
to introduce links, short video clips and so forth to wider areas of discussion
(as well as pointing people towards the extensive range of resources on the main
ERSC site). Sociology teachers and their students should find this blog helpful,
both as a forum for their own thoughts and writing and as a way of exploring in
more depth some of the sociological questions raised at A-level.
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Sociology Blog |
 Not
a conventional kind of Blog, by any means (and a small part of a much larger
social science site),
this contains a range of discussion pieces, web links, video clips and book
chapters that are all aimed at AS / A2 students. |
