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5 Oct 2017
Ageism in the Workplace
An interesting video was just released on Facebook and Twitter by Sky News about ageism. This has been a new debate that has emerged due to Jason Manford's 76 year old dad looking for a job. See...
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4 Oct 2017
Taboo Subjects: Disability
Disability is a topic which has moved forward in recent years, the stigma attached to this type of identity has seen people become more comfortable with talking about the social issues which...
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3 Oct 2017
Second Year A Level Sociology Students: Listen Up! (3)
In the third of a series of posts aimed at Year 2 Sociology students, recent A Level Sociology 'graduate' Ewan Somerville explores how to bring the subject alive to achieve the higher grades in the...
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2 Oct 2017
What's in a Name?
Recently the BBC released an article/broadcast about the most popular baby names within the United Kingdom. The reason why this is an interesting article is the fact how traditional names have...
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29 Sept 2017
Challenges for Men in the 21st Century
The growing phenomena of bigorexia for men is something which has arguably only ‘popped’ up on the scene in the last 5 years, however, it has sociologically speaking been around forever.
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28 Sept 2017
Teaching Sociological Skills: Analysis (2)
This post is the second by the Secret Examiner looking at the exam skill of analysis. Here, they provide an example using the concept of 'labelling':
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27 Sept 2017
Teaching Sociological Skills: Analysis (1)
Of the assessment objectives set out by AQA, the most frustrating one for examiners and teachers must be analysis. This is because good analysis can turn a decent answer into a great one and...
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26 Sept 2017
Second Year Sociology Students: Listen Up! (2)
In the second of a series of posts aimed at Year 2 Sociology students, recent A Level Sociology 'graduate' Ewan Somerville delves into the murky world of exam boards.
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25 Sept 2017
Women in Poverty
The following video would act as a starter activity for those who teach the Work, Poverty and Welfare unit. Even though women are seemingly not more likely to experience poverty than men, there are...
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22 Sept 2017
Sociologist in Focus: Harriet Martineau
Martineau was born in Norwich, England in the early 19th century to progressive parents who believed that women deserved as good a quality education as men. Her interest in politics and economics...
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21 Sept 2017
Prince George's first day at school...
Prince George recently started attending school, much like most children across the country but this is considered news worthy. The reason why it caught my eye was due to the nature of the royal’s...
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20 Sept 2017
Is Britain heading towards a secular society?
An interesting article has emerged on The Guardian website about how religion has significantly decreased in modern Britain. The article is a fabulous way of demonstrating how secularisation has...
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18 Sept 2017
Identity: Gender Transition
An Australian schoolboy who transitioned to be a girl at age 12 has changed his mind two years after starting the procedure. Doctors diagnosed Patrick Mitchell as suffering from gender dysphoria,...
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15 Sept 2017
Sociologist in Focus: Auguste Comte
As part of a new series of blog posts, 'Sociologist in Focus' each post will contain a summary of a key sociologist's work and how they have influenced the world of sociology. These summaries could...
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14 Sept 2017
Teaching Sociological Skills: Application (2)
In my previous post, I highlighted three areas where marked are gained for 'application' style exam questions. Let's look at each of these in turn:
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13 Sept 2017
Teaching Sociological Skills: Application (1)
If you were to ask a room full of sociology teachers which skills their students least understand, the response would almost unanimously be ‘application’. Analysis of the most recent exams sat in...
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12 Sept 2017
Being a Man
For many sociologists, the terms ‘man’ and ‘woman’ are biological terms to describe the sex of a person whilst the terms ‘male’ and ‘female’ are social constructions, i.e., they are concepts that...
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11 Sept 2017
Coming Soon: The Secret Examiner
Want to find out what an examiner really thinks of the exams this summer? Perhaps you want to know how to nail those application questions? Or even how to master those 30 markers? Well, help is at...
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8 Sept 2017
Living below the Poverty Line: Summer Lunch Clubs
The following video provides an insight into a growing concern for many British families; that is, how to provide regular meals during holiday time. Approximately a third of families live below the...
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7 Sept 2017
Breast Feeding Survelliance
The video below highlights a newly emerging area within the Family and Households unit regarding surveillance. As we have entered a postmodern world new, social controls have been implemented to...
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