Sociological Perspectives on Education Summary Grid
A Level Sociology – Perspectives on Education Summary Grid A summary of the Functionalist, Marxist, New Right, Late Modern/ New […]
education
Sociology
education, Essay plans
Evaluate the Marxist View of the Role of Education in Society
An essay evaluating the Marxist view of education covering ideological state apparatus, correspondence principle, the reproduction and legitimation of class inequality.
participant observation, research methods
Overt Participant Observation: Advantages and Disadvantages
Participant Observation is a qualitative research method in which the researcher joins in with the group under investigation. This post explores the theoretical, practical and ethical advantages and disadvantages of participant observation
Crime and Deviance, Social Theories
Sociological Theories of Crime and Deviance – A Very Brief Overview
A brief summary table covering structural and action, consensus and conflict, and modern and post-modern perspectives on crime and deviance.
Families and Households
Sociological Perspectives on Romance, Love and Modern Relationships
If a couple were to discuss honestly how a modern ‘pure relationship’ is likely to pan out then the conversation
Book summaries, Postmodernism and Late Modernsim
Global Culture Industry by Lash and Lury, A Summary
In Global Culture Industry Lash and Lury argue that things have moved on since the days of Adorno and Horkheimer’s
Social media
Twitter Users by Occupation and Social Class
The middle classes and especially those in creative industries are more likely to be on twitter, but finding this out
experiments, research methods
Experiments in Sociology – An Introduction
Experiments aim to measure the effect which an independent variable (the ’cause’) has on a dependent variable (‘the effect’). The
Social Action Theory (Interpretivism and Interactionism), Social Theories
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life – A Summary
Erving Goffman’s The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (1959) is the founding text of the dramaturgical approach in sociology.
research methods
Social Surveys in Sociology
Social Surveys, conducted by various organizations, are standardized procedures to gather information from large populations. Using methods like questionnaires and structured interviews, they collect data on diverse topics. Prominent examples include the England and Wales Census and the British Social Attitudes Survey. These surveys can involve pre-coded or open-ended questions. While useful for broad social studies, surveys can impose researcher’s perspective or encounter interviewer bias, reducing their reliability and necessitating careful interview design and conduct.