Last Updated on January 9, 2019 by Karl Thompson
I will be running a series of A-level sociology revision webinars from April to mid-June 2019. The focus will be on maximising marks in the three AQA sociology exams, as well as reviewing basic content across the main sociology options: education, methods, families, beliefs, crime and theories.
These Webinars will be live events, with 30-40 minutes of structured lecture/ Q n A revision supported by a PowerPoint, followed by 20 mins to deal with student questions and popular requests. Webinars will be recorded and accessible if students wish to go back over them, or if they cannot make a particular session.
The online revision sessions will be fully supported with work packs containing revision notes and activities and plenty of practice exam questions and model answers covering all of the short answer questions, the two types of 10-mark questions and the 20- and 30-mark essay questions.
I’m going to be offering access to these via a subscription through Patreon, so there will be tiered access ranging from £20 a month to £40 a month. If you subscribe to the lower tier, you get access to the revision webinars and resources (NB this is a bargain price!), if you subscribe to the higher level tiers, you get the webinars, resources AND I will provide you with feedback to any practice exam questions you do (basically I’ll mark more essays the higher up the tiers you go).
These Webinars will run on Tuesday evenings at 19.00 GMT, with the exception of the one before the families and beliefs exam, which will be on a Monday, because paper 2 is on a Tuesday!.
There will only be 20 places available* on these webinars. Subscriptions will open on March 1st 2019, but if you want to register your interest early just drop a comment below or email me and I can make sure you get a place.
(*There are more than 30 000 students who study A-level sociology , so these are actually ver rare!)
Quality Guaranteed!
I taught sociology for 16 years between 2001-2018 until I quit recently (because I live frugally I’ve retired from full-time work early) and I’m still an AQA examiner, so I know the content of A-level sociology and the exam rules intimately. I now spend most of my ‘working time’ maintaining this blog and keeping up to date with all things sociology, A-level and exams.
Provisional Timetable
| Month/ Week | Content |
| 1 April | Education |
| 08 April 2 | Methods and Methods in Context |
| 15 April 3 | Theories (the theories part of theories and methods) |
| 22 April 4 | Families |
| 29 April 1 | Beliefs |
| 6 May 2 | Crime |
| 13 May 3 | Education and Theory and Methods (exam on 22nd May) |
| 20 May 4 | Education and Theory and Methods |
| 27 May | Families and Beliefs |
| 3 June 2 | Families and Beliefs (exam on 4th June) |
| 10 June | Crime and Deviance and Theory and methods (exam on 12th June) |
A reminder of this years exam dates!
NB the above timetable is from the AQA exam board, other boards may have different times! Click here for the AQA’s A-level timetable.
Influence the content of these webinars – Requests!
What do you want covered in these Webinars? Let me know in the comments below, and I’ll use the feedback to make sure certain topics are covered…. I know what the real bogeymen of A-level sociology are (selection, the fully social theory of deviance, green crime etc.), but I also know different students struggle with different things, so if you’re thinking of ‘attending’ and want something specific covered let me know and I’ll make sure I go over it!
It’s good that you’re so prepared, but the only problem is the second year content may not make much sense! I’m planning on making the sessions available individually, maybe drop in on just the education/ families webinars this year!?
Would it be worth taking part if you’re doing A Level Sociology in Summer 2020, as a way to revise early, & prep for mocks? If not, can we sign up for next year?! Your approach and materials really resonate; many thanks!
Hi.. I will be doing a few free tasters in March. I’m a little busy with other work commitments until then!
Hi – This sounds useful and I’m especially interested in the feedback for practice exam questions. I’m a private candidate studying the A level from the textbook and this website full time in the space of 7 months and I’m struggling to know how I’m doing on exam questions. Is there any way you would consider providing this service prior to April?
Hi, thanks for your interest, I will reserve you a plave!
I am interested in the webinars and would like to book a place. Thank you.
Hi, I just emailed you, I will reserve you a place! Thanks for the interest.
I am interested in the webinars and resources and would like to book a place please. H Marston