sociology a level
hi, aqa sociology
do you have options of subjects??
also which theories are in the syllabus
do you have options of subjects??
also which theories are in the syllabus
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by mxalikhxbxhhi, aqa sociology
do you have options of subjects??
also which theories are in the syllabus
do you have options of subjects??
also which theories are in the syllabus
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by Geo Lover 7Your school chooses your options that you learn for your Paper 2. If you're homeschooled. I'm unsure.
Do they fave to tell the exam board?? Or can I just choose
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by mxalikhxbxhDo they fave to tell the exam board?? Or can I just choose
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by Geo Lover 7You can choose during the exam but your school will only teach one of the topics for Part A and another topic for Part B so it'll be difficult to answer questions for a topic you haven't learnt. @always-anxious is this right?
So I can just choose the topics I wanna learn right? And I don’t have to tell anyone, I just do those questions in the exam time then, what topics are these??
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by mxalikhxbxhSo I can just choose the topics I wanna learn right? And I don’t have to tell anyone, I just do those questions in the exam time then, what topics are these??
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by Geo Lover 7Nope. Not really. It'd be really difficult to learn more topics than you already learnt at school especially with other A-levels.
No, I don’t do socio at school. I do it privately. So that’s why I’m asking, if I can choose whichever one I wanna do.
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by mxalikhxbxhNo, I don’t do socio at school. I do it privately. So that’s why I’m asking, if I can choose whichever one I wanna do.
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by Geo Lover 7Yes. You can. Just make sure you've chosen 1 topic from Part A and another from Part B.
Okay I understand, thabkyou! Do yk which one is the easier one??
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by mxalikhxbxhOkay I understand, thabkyou! Do yk which one is the easier one??
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by Geo Lover 7I think most schools do Families+Households for Part A so might be easier to find resources.
Perfect, thankyou so much. And part B?
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by mxalikhxbxhPerfect, thankyou so much. And part B?
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by Geo Lover 7I think most schools do Beliefs in Society but my school does the Media.
Okay thankyou so much! Do you have any other advice I should know? Or anything else to do w the exam? As I’m behind on key info. It seems
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by mxalikhxbxhOkay thankyou so much! Do you have any other advice I should know? Or anything else to do w the exam? As I’m behind on key info. It seems
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by Geo Lover 7You have 3 exams. You should spend 1.5 minutes per mark.
That’s all?
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by mxalikhxbxhThat’s all?
For Research Methods use P.E.R.V.E.R.T.
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by Geo Lover 7The Essays (20 marks) and 1 of the 10 markers has an item with lots of information on it which is very helpful.
For Research Methods use P.E.R.V.E.R.T.
For Research Methods use P.E.R.V.E.R.T.
What’s an item. Like a little snippet of writing? I saw it online too
Yes.
"Parents today spend a great deal of time and money trying to make sure that their children enjoy a comfortable upbringing. They want their children to have opportunities that they themselves never had. ‘March of progress’ sociologists argue that these changes in family life have led to an improvement in the position of children in society."
An example of an item from the Families+Households section of the Sample Paper 2.
"Parents today spend a great deal of time and money trying to make sure that their children enjoy a comfortable upbringing. They want their children to have opportunities that they themselves never had. ‘March of progress’ sociologists argue that these changes in family life have led to an improvement in the position of children in society."
An example of an item from the Families+Households section of the Sample Paper 2.
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by mxalikhxbxhhi, aqa sociology
do you have options of subjects??
also which theories are in the syllabus
do you have options of subjects??
also which theories are in the syllabus
For aqa sociology there's 3 papers. I recommend you look at past papers yourself so you know what the different topics are.
Paper 1- Education with Theory and methods
Paper 2- Topics in sociology This is where the 'options' are
Paper 3- Crime and deviance with Theory and methods
In paper 2 there's section A and section B; you answer questions from one of each section. If you search up past papers for aqa a level sociology you'll be able to see the different possible topics.
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by mxalikhxbxhDo they fave to tell the exam board?? Or can I just choose
I really wouldn't recommend this btw. I had to self learn sociology of the media for my paper 2 because we had no teacher and it was awful. Like really awful due to a sheer lack of resources and no teacher to clarify and teach us ir
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