Lesson objectives: To practise learning definitions To learn how to answer 4 mark questions To learn how to answer 12 mark questions

STARTER: BINGO

Social control/sanctions Social construct Socially defined behaviour Quantitative data Reliability Representative sample Research aims Research methods Research process Respondent Sample Stratified Systematic Triangulation Validity Labelling Marketisation of education Material deprivation Meritocracy Mixed ability classes National curriculum Official curriculum Ofsted Independent schools Self-fulfilling prophecy Setting and streaming Beanpole families Bigamy Birth rate Breadwinner Cereal packet family Child-centredness Civil partnership Cohabitation Commune Conjugal roles - joint/segregated Social control/sanctions Social construct Socially defined behaviour Social order Stereotype Sub-culture Surveillance Victim surveys White collar crime Pluralism Popular press Propaganda Postmodern society Readership Semiology Social networking Spin doctor Stigmatising Tabloid Alienated Aristocracy Charismatic authority Citizen Class alignment/de-alignment Coercion Conservatives Constituency Democracy

PART 1 How to answer 4 mark questions

These questions will ask you to explain. Explain …what sociologists mean by socialisation

Four sentences: A definition with some development, an example with some further development

Four sentences: What is Sociology Four sentences: What is Sociology? Definition: Sociology is an academic subject that seeks to explain how society works by identifying patterns in behaviour Development: The subject encourages students to question and never accept explanations about societal issues without analysing these complex factors. Example: For example, when studying crime and deviance it would be easy to assume that black men are more criminal than other ethnicities because this group is over represented in jails. Further development: However, through careful research it is clear that there are many reasons that help explain why there are more black men are in prison. For example, Stuart Hall (1979) argued that black men were the victims of police labelling and scapegoating.

Sociology is an academic subject that seeks to explain how society works by identifying patterns in behaviour. The subject encourages students to question and never accept explanations about societal issues without analysing these complex factors. For example, when studying crime and deviance it would be easy to assume that black men are more criminal than other ethnicities because this group is over represented in jails. However, through careful research it is clear that there are many reasons that help explain why there are more black men are in prison. For example, Stuart Hall (1979) argued that black men were the victims of police labelling and scapegoating.

YOUR TURN

…what Sociologists mean by the term patriarchy Definition: Development: Example: Further development:

…what Sociologists mean by labelling Definition: Development: Example: Further development:

…what Sociologists mean by charismatic authority Definition: Development: Example: Further development:

QUICK BREAK: SPOT THE ODD ONE OUT

SPOT THE ODD ONE OUT Marxism Feminism Functionalism

SPOT THE ODD ONE OUT News values Demonisation Nuclear family

SPOT THE ODD ONE OUT The Sun The Guardian The Daily Mirror

SPOT THE ODD ONE OUT New Right Marxism Functionalism

SPOT THE ODD ONE OUT Charismatic authority Systematic authority Legal rational authority Traditional authority

SPOT THE ODD ONE OUT Participant observation Unstructured interview Questionnaire Observation

SPOT THE ODD ONE OUT Karl Marx Durkheim Parsons

PART 2 How to answer 12 mark questions

Discuss how far… Discuss how far sociologists would agree that deviant and criminal behaviour results from poor socialisation in childhood. Discuss how far sociologists would agree that women today are just as likely as men to commit crime. Discuss how far sociologists would agree that violence in the mass media leads to violence in real life. Discuss how far sociologists would agree that the audience decides what is seen and heard in the mass media.

Discuss how far… Contrasting arguments Supporting arguments Conclusion: Do the evidence and arguments support the question or go against It? Supporting arguments Discuss how far… Contrasting arguments

Discuss how far… Introduction: What are the main arguments and who/which perspectives debate this question Part One: Which sociologists, perspectives and evidence support the statement? Part Two: Which sociologists, perspectives and evidence counter the statement? Conclusion: How far do sociologists agree? Draw a conclusion – which arguments and evidence do you think are the most persuasive and why?

YOUR TURN

Discuss how far a sociologist would agree that a pupil’s social class is the most important influence on his or her educational achievements. (12 marks) Pupil highlights the key parts of the question Another pupil writes on the board the missing two factors that would also need to be discussed – gender & ethnicity

Introduction What factors apart from class also influence the attainment of students?

Outside school factors Supporting arguments Class Inside school factors Outside school factors

Contrasting arguments Gender Inside school factors Outside school factors Can a pupil name two inside/outside school factors for each of these?

Contrasting arguments Ethnicity Inside school factors Outside school factors

Conclusion: Do the evidence and arguments support the question or go against It?

PLENARY

Plenary What is the structure of a 4 mark answer? How long do you have for a 12 mark answer? What do you need to include in a 12 mark answer?