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Edexcel A2 6GP03 June 2015 Topic B: Introducing Political Ideologies

New thread for anyone studying Edexcel A2 Government and Politics - 6GP03 Topic B: Introducing Political Ideologies for the exam in June 2015.

Discuss, ask questions, share opinions/analysis/information and predicted questions about the exam here.

P.s.
Thread for Edexcel A2 Government and Politics - 6GP04 Topic B: Other Ideological Traditions for June 2015 is here:

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3055735

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Reply 1

Age

Finally another school that actually studies Ideologies! :P

We're currently on Socialism but we're studying Marxism and now Leninism, is this normal? The spec seems quite basic but I do feel that we are spending too long learning about stuff that will not come out in the exam.

Reply 2

Spag

Need more people in this thread..need to discuss some ideologies pronto! Observations so far: Oakshott is a pretty great guy

Reply 3

MCFF11

Do you know the june 2014 questions?

Reply 4

ahmed96

Yes if anyone knows the 2014 june Political ideologies 3b that would be soon helpful

Reply 5

edumcater

How many ideologies have you completed in school so far for unit 3? :smile:

Reply 6

SophF_rth

Original post by edumcater

How many ideologies have you completed in school so far for unit 3? :smile:

At my college we've done:

Unit 3 - Conservatism, Socialism, Nationalism
Unit 4 - Nationalism

CURENTLY(just started)
Unit 4 - Feminism, Multiculturalism

What about you? :smile:

Reply 7

ginjuicelaidback

my school has done liberalism anarchism socialism and conservatism,

starting feminism and nationalism now

does anyone else feel like they just need to spew out learnt paragraphs from the andrew heywood 'political ideologies' book to get a good grade, i'm finding it pretty dry, there isn't much room for opinion, mostly theory...

Reply 8

atxya

i have a teacher that literally does not teach at all. she expects us to know everything when she hasn't even taught us the topic. i have no idea how to revise for political ideologies as i basically have to each some units myself and i'm starting to panic. :/

Reply 9

xxvine

Original post by atxya

I am finding this how A2 so hard especially compared to the AS...

Exam is in like 3 months and i know nothing :angry:

What book are you using? I am using the Heywood book and it's just sooo boring :frown:

Reply 10

xxvine

Original post by SophF_rth

At my college we've done:

Unit 3 - Conservatism, Socialism, Nationalism
Unit 4 - Nationalism

CURENTLY(just started)
Unit 4 - Feminism, Multiculturalism

What about you? :smile:

Surprised you didn't do Liberalism. Apparently its hard to learn the other ideologies without learning liberalism because liberalism falls into it so much

How many are you learning for the exam from each unit?

Reply 11

xxvine

Original post by Age

How you finding it? I am finding it soo hard and difficult :frown:

Reply 12

SophF_rth

Original post by xxvine

I meant Liberalism, I put Nationalism twice by mistake :tongue:

I'm thinking 3 from each, probably leaving Socialism from Unit 3
But unit 4, currently I'm not sure. You?

Reply 13

xxvine

Original post by SophF_rth

I meant Liberalism, I put Nationalism twice by mistake :tongue:

I'm thinking 3 from each, probably leaving Socialism from Unit 3
But unit 4, currently I'm not sure. You?

Same..... Hahaha!

What text book are you using btw

Reply 14

SophF_rth

Original post by xxvine

Same..... Hahaha!

What text book are you using btw

The crappy Heywood. I've not even bought the textbook becuase I hate it... You?

Last year his textbook was good!

Reply 15

xxvine

Original post by SophF_rth

The crappy Heywood. I've not even bought the textbook becuase I hate it... You?

Last year his textbook was good!

which one....can you post a link to it

if you have not bought it how you going to revise...make notes?

Reply 16

SophF_rth

Original post by xxvine

which one....can you post a link to it

if you have not bought it how you going to revise...make notes?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Political-Ideologies-Introduction-Andrew-Heywood/dp/0230367259

oh er well I didn't make notes last year, I just did exam questions and got a B :s-smilie:

I didn't even think about that :eek:

Reply 17

xxvine

Original post by SophF_rth

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Political-Ideologies-Introduction-Andrew-Heywood/dp/0230367259

oh er well I didn't make notes last year, I just did exam questions and got a B :s-smilie:

I didn't even think about that :eek:

is that what your class are doing?
does your teacher use this book a lot?

Reply 18

SophF_rth

Original post by xxvine

is that what your class are doing?
does your teacher use this book a lot?

My class? My teacher thinks we all have a textbook. In lesson the teacher has spares so I can just look at those :smile:

We use it every lesson

Reply 19

atxya

Original post by xxvine

I am finding this how A2 so hard especially compared to the AS...

Exam is in like 3 months and i know nothing :angry:

What book are you using? I am using the Heywood book and it's just sooo boring :frown:

samee, i'm using heywood's book as well. i find it so useless in regards to exam structures, etc. it doesnt really help me. :/ i need a good grade to get into uni :frown: