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Sociology is the study of human social behaviour, including the consequences of social interactions for small groups of people, larger organisations, institutions and societies. Pupils develop research skills to investigate these areas for themselves and begin to understand more about their own motivations and behaviours, gaining a wide range of very valuable skills that can be applied to many careers.

Year 12 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
Key Topics:
Methods
Families & Households
Education & Theory
Families & Households
Education & Theory and Crime & Deviance
Families & Households and Beliefs in Society
New Knowledge:
Methods
  • Quantitative and qualitative methods of research; research design
  • Sources of data, including questionnaires, interviews, participant and non-participant observation, experiments, documents and official statistics
  • The distinction between primary and secondary data, and between quantitative and qualitative data 
  • The relationship between positivism, interpretivism and sociological methods; the nature of ‘social facts’
  • The theoretical, practical and ethical considerations influencing choice of topic, choice of method(s) and the conduct of research.
 
Families and Households
  • Gender roles, domestic labour and power relationships within the family in contemporary society
  • The nature of childhood, and changes in the status of children in the family and society
Education 
  • The role and functions of the education system, including its relationship to the economy and t class structure
  • Differential educational achievement of social groups by social class, gender and ethnicity in contemporary society
  • Relationships and processes within schools, with particular reference to teacher/pupil relationships, pupil identities and subcultures, the hidden curriculum, and the organisation of teaching and learning
 
Families and Households
  • Demographic trends in the United Kingdom since 1900: birth rates, death rates, family size, life expectancy, ageing population, and migration and globalisation.
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Education

  • The role and functions of the education system, including its relationship to the economy and to class structure
  • The significance of educational policies, including policies of selection, marketisation and privatisation, and policies to achieve greater equality of opportunity or outcome, for an understanding of the structure, role, impact and experience of and access to education; the impact of globalisation on educational policy.

Theories

  • Consensus, conflict, structural and social action theories
  • The concepts of modernity and post-modernity in relation to sociological theory
  • The relationship between theory and methods
  • The relationship between Sociology and social policy

 

Families and Household

  • The relationship of the family to the social structure and social change, with particular reference to the economy and to state policies
  • Changing patterns of marriage, cohabitation, separation, divorce, childbearing and the life course, including the sociology of personal life, and the diversity of contemporary family and household structures
Previous Knowledge Required:

KS3 RS Curriculum

KS4 Ethics Curriculum

KS4 RS GCSE (Desirable)

KS3 RS Curriculum

KS4 Ethics Curriculum

KS4 RS GCSE (Desirable)

Methods

Families and Households

KS3 RS Curriculum

KS4 Ethics Curriculum

KS4 RS GCSE (Desirable)

Methods

Families and Households

Education
New Skills Exam Skills: Knowledge and Understanding, Analysis, Application, Evaluation, Research, Debate. Exam Skills: Knowledge and Understanding, Analysis, Application, Evaluation, Research, Debate. Exam Skills: Knowledge and Understanding, Analysis, Application, Evaluation, Research, Debate.
Links to the School Curriculum:

SMSC

PSHE Relationships

Psychology

Maths

Science

SMSC

PSHE Relationships

Childcare and Development

SMSC

PSHE Relationships

Psychology

Economics/Business
Independent Activities:

Sociology Since 2000

Key Studies in Crime and Deviance

Key Studies in Education

Sociology 1 Workbook Philip Allan

Sociology 2 Workbook Philip Allan

Sociology Since 2000

Key Studies in Crime and Deviance

Key Studies in Education

Sociology 1 Workbook Philip Allan

Sociology 2 Workbook Philip Allan

Sociology Since 2000

Key Studies in Crime and Deviance

Key Studies in Education

Sociology 1 Workbook Philip Allan

Sociology 2 Workbook Philip Allan

Sociology 3 Workbook Philip Allan
Web Links:

Tutor2U

Napier Press

https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-sociology-showhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qy05https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/sociology/as-and-a-level/sociology-7191-7192

Tutor2U

Napier Press

https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-sociology-showhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qy05https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/sociology/as-and-a-level/sociology-7191-7192

Tutor2U

Napier Press

https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-sociology-showhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qy05https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/sociology/as-and-a-level/sociology-7191-7192
Year 13 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
Key Topics:
Crime & Deviance with Theory and Methods
Beliefs in Society
Crime & Deviance with Theory and Methods
Beliefs in Society
Crime & Deviance with Theory and Methods
Beliefs in Society
New Knowledge:

Theories

  • consensus, conflict, structural and social action theories
  • the concepts of modernity and post-modernity in relation to sociological theory

 

 

Beliefs in Society

  • the nature of science and the extent to which Sociology can be regarded as scientific
  • the relationship between theory and methods
  • debates about subjectivity, objectivity and value freedom
  • the relationship between Sociology and social policy
  • the relationship between social change and social stability, and religious beliefs, practices and organisations

 

Crime and Deviance

  • crime, deviance, social order and social control
  • the social distribution of crime and deviance by ethnicity, gender and social class, including recent patterns and trends in crime

Theories

  • consensus, conflict, structural and social action theories
  • the concepts of modernity and post-modernity in relation to sociological theory
  • the nature of science and the extent to which Sociology can be regarded as scientific
  • the relationship between theory and methods

 

Beliefs in Society

  • religious organisations, including cults, sects, denominations, churches and New Age movements, and their relationship to religious and spiritual belief and practice
  • the relationship between different social groups and religious/spiritual organisations and movements, beliefs and practices
  • the significance of religion and religiosity in the contemporary world, including the nature and extent of secularisation in a global context, and globalisation and the spread of religions.

 

Crime and Deviance

  • globalisation and crime in contemporary society; the media and crime; green crime; human rights and state crimes
  • crime control, surveillance, prevention and punishment, victims, and the role of the criminal justice system and other agencies.

 

Theories

  • the nature of science and the extent to which Sociology can be regarded as scientific
  • the relationship between theory and methods
  • debates about subjectivity, objectivity and value freedom
  • the relationship between Sociology and social policy

Beliefs in Society

  • ideology, science and religion, including both Christian and non-Christian religious traditions

 

Crime and Deviance

  • crime control, surveillance, prevention and punishment, victims, and the role of the criminal justice system and other agencies.
Previous Knowledge Required:

KS3 RS Curriculum

KS4 Ethics Curriculum

KS4 RS GCSE (Desirable)Methods

Theories

Families and Households

Education

KS3 RS Curriculum

KS4 Ethics Curriculum

KS4 RS GCSE (Desirable)Methods

Theories

Families and Households

Education

Crime and Deviance

Beliefs in Society

KS3 RS Curriculum

KS4 Ethics Curriculum

KS4 RS GCSE (Desirable)Methods

Theories

Families and Households

Education

Crime and Deviance

Beliefs in Society
New Skills Exam Skills: Knowledge and Understanding, Analysis, Application, Evaluation, Research, Debate. Exam Skills: Knowledge and Understanding, Analysis, Application, Evaluation, Research, Debate. Exam Skills: Knowledge and Understanding, Analysis, Application, Evaluation, Research, Debate.
Links to the School Curriculum:

SMSC

PSHE Relationships

KS3 RS Curriculum

KS4 Ethics Curriculum

RS GCSE Curriculum

RS A-Level Curriculum

Psychology

Maths

SMSC

PSHE Relationships

KS3 RS Curriculum

KS4 Ethics Curriculum

RS GCSE Curriculum

RS A-Level Curriculum

Psychology

Maths

Science

SMSC

PSHE Relationships

KS3 RS Curriculum

KS4 Ethics Curriculum

RS GCSE Curriculum

RS A-Level Curriculum

Psychology

Maths

Science
Independent Activities:

Sociology Since 2000

Key Studies in Crime and Deviance

Key Studies in Education

Sociology 1 Workbook Philip Allan

Sociology 2 Workbook Philip Allan

Sociology 3 Workbook Philip Allan

Sociology Since 2000

Key Studies in Crime and Deviance

Key Studies in Education

Sociology 1 Workbook Philip Allan

Sociology 2 Workbook Philip Allan

Sociology 3 Workbook Philip Allan

Sociology Since 2000

Key Studies in Crime and Deviance

Key Studies in Education

Sociology 1 Workbook Philip Allan

Sociology 2 Workbook Philip Allan

Sociology 3 Workbook Philip Allan
Web Links:

Tutor2U

Napier Press

https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-sociology-showhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qy05https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/sociology/as-and-a-level/sociology-7191-7192

Tutor2U

Napier Press

https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-sociology-showhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qy05https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/sociology/as-and-a-level/sociology-7191-7192

Tutor2U

Napier Press

https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-sociology-showhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qy05https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/sociology/as-and-a-level/sociology-7191-7192
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