What is Socialisation?
Socialisation is learning the norms and values of a society.
Sociology key terms
Sociology
education, Functionalism
Talcott Parsons’ Perspective on Education
Writing in the 1950s Parsons argued that modern education systems performed two main functions – role allocation and providing value consensus through meritocracy.
teaching and learning theory
Ranking Exercises in Sociology
‘Ranking is an academic exercise; through the exchange of opinion thinking is exercised and personal understanding is achieved of key
Media, Social media
Revise Sociology on Facebook, Twitter and the Rest…
Below are some links to the main social media sites I use. If you like this sort of sociology thang,
Book summaries
The Mars Trilogy – Good Sociology Novels!
I thought I’d take the unusual step of plugging a series of novels in this post…. The ‘Mars Trilogy’ by
Sociology on TV
Return to Eden and Eden Lost – A Case Study in Problematic Masculinity?
Starting in Spring 2016, Channel 4’s ‘Return to Eden’ was a year long social experiment in which 23 people moved
Sex and gender, Sociology key terms
What is Patriarchy?
Working definition The systematic domination of women by men in some or all of society’s spheres and institutions Origins of
content analysis, research methods
The Internet as an Object of Content Analysis
Websites, social media posts and similar virtual documents are all forms of secondary data, and thus amenable to both quantitative
teaching and learning theory
Sentence Sorts for Teaching A-Level Sociology – How Useful Are They?
Matching exercises or ‘sentence sorts’ simply involve students matching the concept/ sociologist/ perspective/ method to a definition/ statement. Simple example:
experiments, Sociology on TV
Social Experiments on T.V.
There have been a lot of T.V. productions which have run ‘social experiments’ in recent years. This post simply outlines