Full Description
The guide provides the key knowledge and skills for every topic, with manageable, easy-to-use sections that summarise what you need to know.
It shows you how to boost your marks for AO2 Application and for AO3 Analysis and Evaluation.
There are practice questions for you to try on every topic, with top examiners' tips on how to tackle them.
Practice exam papers with special Top Marks Answers that scored full marks plus examiners' comments show you how it's done.
The guide covers all the key areas in AQA A level Sociology: Education, Methods in Context, Families and Households, and Research Methods.
The Complete Revision Guide maps perfectly onto the topics covered in the popular textbook AQA A level Sociology Book One including AS level by Rob Webb, Hal Westergaard, Keith Trobe and Annie Townend.
Contents
Chapter 1 Education. Topic 1: Class Differences in Achievement. Topic 2: Ethnic Differences in Achievement. Topic 3: Gender Differences in Education. Topic 4: The Role of Education. Topic 5: Educational Policy. Practice Question and Student Answer.
Chapter 2 Research Methods. Topic 1: Choice of Method and the Research Process. Topic 2: Experiments. Topic 3: Questionnaires. Topic 4: Interviews. Topic 5: Observation. Topic 6: Official Statistics. Topic 7: Documents. Topic 8: Methods in Context. Practice Question and Student Answer.
Chapter 3: Families and Households. Topic 1: Couples. Topic 2: Childhood. Topic 3: Theories of the family. Topic 4: Demography. Topic 5: Changing Patterns and Family Diversity. Topic 6: Social Policy and the Family. Practice Question and Student Answer.
Practice Questions. 1 Education and Methods in Context. 2 Research Methods. 3 Families and Households.
Top Marks Answers with Examiner's Comments.