Sociology A2 online study group

It's a really bad choice for SCLY3. It's incredibly hard to revise for. I just have notes on each topic and right essay plans. My teacher had us writing 5 pages for 33 mark questions and I was only told yesterday that 3-4 was enough to get 33 based on content. My advice would be essay plan for each topic and you will notice links. Don't ignore the possible questions for 9 mark questions. They seem easy but can catch you out.

its really hard! struggling so much :frown:

Haven't even finished my notes

Reply 201

hisengsoc_galpal

Original post by SCLY3boresmeso

It's a really bad choice for SCLY3. It's incredibly hard to revise for. I just have notes on each topic and right essay plans. My teacher had us writing 5 pages for 33 mark questions and I was only told yesterday that 3-4 was enough to get 33 based on content. My advice would be essay plan for each topic and you will notice links. Don't ignore the possible questions for 9 mark questions. They seem easy but can catch you out.

It really is a horrific choice. Not to mention we have an awful teacher... I have no idea even now how to write the 33 mark question, structure wise. Do you have a checklist of content? Ive got- modernisation and dependency, neo-liberalism, aid and trade, ngo's, war and conflict, globalisation, health, education and population. Is that everything?

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mollyx

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Can someone help me evaluate the ideology and science topic please. Popper (open belief systems) Merton (CUDOS norms) Horton (closed belief systems) witchcraft among the Azande, Kuhn (science as a closed system) and Woolgar (little green men) any help is appreciated, thank you :smile:

this is for beliefs in society by the way :smile:

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SCLY3boresmeso

Sounds about right! I personally think Education or Gender will come up in June. 33 markers can vary. But the general structure would be: intro, part of the argument/counter argument in one paragraph ( it's called juxtaposition when you write two separate paragraphs and the examiners hate that ), then evaluate it, next half of debate, evaluate, overall Evaluation, conclusion. I would suggest something like this but it's your preference. If it's something as broad as globalisation then just do economic, political, cultural, neo liberal, radical, transformationalists :smile:

Reply 204

hisengsoc_galpal

Original post by SCLY3boresmeso

Sounds about right! I personally think Education or Gender will come up in June. 33 markers can vary. But the general structure would be: intro, part of the argument/counter argument in one paragraph ( it's called juxtaposition when you write two separate paragraphs and the examiners hate that ), then evaluate it, next half of debate, evaluate, overall Evaluation, conclusion. I would suggest something like this but it's your preference. If it's something as broad as globalisation then just do economic, political, cultural, neo liberal, radical, transformationalists :smile:

Thankyou so much! Are you sure about gender though as that came up last year? I think it'll either be ethnicity or class or new left/right for the 21 marks and possibly Functionalism, positivism or is sociology a science for the 33 mark

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SCLY3boresmeso

Realism hasn't come up yet for a 21 mark. Sociology as a science has come up quite a lot, I wouldn't mind Symbolic interactionism or Modernity/Late Modernity for a 33 mark. :smile:

Reply 206

hisengsoc_galpal

Original post by SCLY3boresmeso

Realism hasn't come up yet for a 21 mark. Sociology as a science has come up quite a lot, I wouldn't mind Symbolic interactionism or Modernity/Late Modernity for a 33 mark. :smile:

Are we still talking about crime and deviance, I've never heard of Modernity or Late Modernity :s-smilie:

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Bathospoint3

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Original post by hisengsoc_galpal

Are we still talking about crime and deviance, I've never heard of Modernity or Late Modernity :s-smilie:

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Its not crime and deviance, i dont know any modernity or late modernity lol

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Reply 208

SCLY3boresmeso

For a 33 mark question. Modernity/Late Modernity is quite nice because it's just comparing one society with another!

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hisengsoc_galpal

Original post by Bathospoint3

Its not crime and deviance, i dont know any modernity or late modernity lol

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No me either!! It scared me lol

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Reply 210

hisengsoc_galpal

Original post by SCLY3boresmeso

For a 33 mark question. Modernity/Late Modernity is quite nice because it's just comparing one society with another!

Hmm well I've never actually heard of that so Im unsure. I reckon it could be positivism, Functionalism or the realisms that come up for the 33 marks

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Reply 211

SCLY3boresmeso

Realism cannot come up as a 33 marker. You can include Realist terminology and brief theorists in Sociology as a science and Social policy, butbit won't be an entire 33 mark question on Realism.

Reply 212

hisengsoc_galpal

Original post by SCLY3boresmeso

Realism cannot come up as a 33 marker. You can include Realist terminology and brief theorists in Sociology as a science and Social policy, butbit won't be an entire 33 mark question on Realism.

Okay i'll keep that in mind! Do you think its worth going in-dept into feminism?

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SCLY3boresmeso

I think with feminism, as lonh as you know Liberal, Radical, Marxist and Difference then you are fine. You could get your evaluation marks from contrasting between the 4 and other theories.