The Keyword Files™ have been designed to help students research and develop a glossary of key sociological concepts, theories and studies for a range of AS / A2 modules. As such, The Keyword Files™ are not Exam Board specific, but the available categories do reflect the way the OCR Exam Board organise their Specifications.

The Keyword Files™ are designed to help students (and  teachers) by:

1. Highlighting the key ideas students will need to define and interpret in each module / course area.

2. Providing a basic structure for students to follow as they record the key ideas they will encounter in each module / area of the course.

The Keyword Files (I can't be bothered to add the ™ symbol any more - you've probably got the "joke" by now I hope...) build into a coherent revision aid for students and by the end of each module / course area students will have a solid, clearly-structured, collection of Key Notes that can be used as the basis for end-of-course revision.

The Keyword Files also represent a most-excellent (prop. Bill and Ted) form of in-course revision because students are encouraged (usually, it must be admitted, by their teachers wielding some form of blunt instrument) to build and develop their knowledge, understanding and interpretation of key ideas as they encounter and apply them during their course.