Tag: outline
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Outline and explain two ways in which the new media may be creating a global popular culture. [10 marks]
Outline and explain two ways in which the new media may be creating a global popular culture. [10 marks] Commentary on the question This seems to be a good question – there are some obvious links between new media and global popular culture, and two obvious points can be made – contrasting the neophiliac perspective…
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Outline three ways in which surveillance may be used to control crime in modern societies (6)
This is a possible example of a 6 mark ‘outline’ question which may appear on A-level sociology paper 3 (Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods). It struck me as a particularly likely possibility for a 4 or 6 mark question given the fact that most A-level sociology text books point towards three types of…
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AQA A-level sociology exam advice 2018: how to answer 4 and 6 mark ‘outline questions’ (crime and deviance, 2)
Two examples of marked exam scripts from the AQA: one candidate achieved 3/6, the other achieved 6/6. Together these should give you a good example of the standards of marking on the short mark outline and explain questions which appear on the AQA’s A-level sociology papers 1 and 3
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AQA A-level sociology exam advice 2018: how to answer 4 and 6 mark ‘outline questions’ (crime and deviance)
Examples of actual student responses marked by the AQA, showing you the standards expected to get certain marks!
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AQA A-level sociology exam advice 2018: how to answer 4 and 6 mark ‘outline questions’ (education with theory and methods
Examples of actual student responses marked by the AQA, showing you the standards expected to get certain marks!
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Outline and explain two criticisms other theories of development might make of dependency theory (10)
World Systems Theory (WST) criticises dependency theory (DT) because there is evidence that poorer, ex-colonies can develop within the modern world capitalist system. Dependency theory tended to see the ‘root cause’ of underdevelopment as rich world governments (or nation states) – they believed poor countries remained poor following a history of colonialism where powerful countries…
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Examples of possible 10 mark questions for AQA A-Level sociology: families and households topic
Advice on examples of possible 10 mark (outline and explain or analyse applying the item) questions for the AQA’s A-level sociology.
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Research Methods Practice Questions for A-level sociology
AQA A-level sociology Papers 1 and 3 will both contain an ‘outline and explain’ 10 mark (no item) question on sociological theories, and/ or methods. One possible format for this question is what I like to think of as the ‘pure research methods’ format (‘classic’ might be a better word than ‘pure’) in which students are…
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Basic Question Types in A-Level Sociology (AQA focus)
There are three main types of ‘question’ in A-level sociology exams: Outline and explain questions Analyse questions Evaluate questions This (hopefully) raises the question (is that a pun?) about what you’re likely to be asked to outline and explain/ analyse or evaluate…. If you read to the AQA’s specification carefully, which I’ve done (I couldn’t…
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How I would’ve answered the families and households section of A level sociology paper 2 (AQA, 2017)
Hints and tips on how I would’ve answered the A level sociology exam paper 2, 2017 (families and households section) Please see here for the 2018 families exam paper Please see here for more general advice on how to answer questions within paper 2. My main page of exam advice is here. 2017 Paper two exam…
