AQA AS Sociology Unit 2 Workbook: Education with Research Methods

Summary:
This new Workbook for AQA AS Sociology Unit 2 will help build your understanding by answering questions on all key topics.
For use either in class or for homework, this A4 full colour Workbook provides stimulus materials on all the topics in the unit. These are followed by sets of questions focusing on the AO1 skills of knowledge and understanding building up to develop application, interpretation, analysis and evaluation skills (together AO2). Additional exam-style questions will help you put what you have learned into practice.
Answers are available online at www.hodderplus.co.uk/philipallan/workbooks so you can check and assess your responses.

• Builds knowledge and confidence with unit and topic specific exercises
• Develops students' skills throughout their course, right up to the exam
• Saves valuable preparation time and expense with self-contained exercises that don't need photocopying
• Provides instant lesson solutions for specialist and non-specialist teachers

Table of Contents:
Section A Education
1 Explanations of the role and purpose of education
2 Differential educational achievement of social groups
3 Relationships and processes within schools
4 The significance of educational policies
Exam-style questions
Section B Research methods
1 Quantitative and qualitative methods of research
2 Sources of data
3 The distinction betwen primary and secondary data
4 The relationship between positivism, interpretivism and sociological methods
5 Theoretical, practical and thical considerations
Exam-style questions

About the Author(s):
David Bown is an experienced teacher and Curriculum Manager at Itchen College, Southampton. He has been a senior examiner with a major awarding body for many years. He is a published A-level author and a major contributor to NGfl-Cymru resources.

Readership:
AQA AS Sociology