Transcript Year 12 and 13 - Wellsway School

YEAR 12
TERMS
1&2
TERMS
3&4
TERM 5
TERM 6
Unit of Study:
Introduction to Sociology
and course content.
Families and Households,
Education and
Sociological Research
Methods
Education and Sociological
Research Methods.
Revision
Study Leave
Beliefs in Society (A2)
My child will
be learning:
Key sociological
perspectives and authors.
What is the family?
Analysis of different types
of family.
Research into couples and
the domestic division of
labour.
The social construction of
childhood..
Changing rates of marriage
and divorce.
How sociologists conduct
their research.
Application of key
sociological perspectives to
the issue of education.
The role of the education
system.
Who does the education
system benefit?
Has marketisation helped to
raise standards in schools?
How far do schools help to
prepare students for their
adults lives?
Why do some students do
better than others?
How to revise effectively.
Revisiting previous topics to
revise key authors,
concepts, ideas and views.
Analysis of contemporary
events and how they link to
sociological perspectives.
Exam skills.
Use of past papers to help
identify areas for
development.
Preparation for the A2
course.
Learning about
different religious
organisations and their
characteristics.
Group research and
presentation task on a
specific religious group.
Research of different
religions.
Relationship between
Science and religion.
My child will
be assessed
by:
Group and class discussions.
Completion of past exam
papers and questions .
Research tasks and reading.
Group and class discussions.
Completion of past exam
papers and questions .
Research tasks and reading.
Group and class discussions.
Completion of past exam
papers and questions .
Research tasks and reading.
AS External Exams
• SCLY1 – Families and
Households
• SCLY2 – Education with
Research Methods
Group and class
discussions.
Research tasks
Completion of past
exam papers and
questions .
Internal Mock exams
YEAR 13
TERMS
1&2
TERMS
3&4
TERM 5
Unit of Study:
Beliefs in Society
Crime and Deviance with
Theory and Methods
Crime and Deviance with
Theory and Methods
Sociological Theories
Revision
Study Leave
My child will
be learning:
Understand how the main
sociological theories view
the role of religion in
society.
Demography of religious
belief.
Has religion become
privatised?
The growth of the New Age.
Main theoretical
perspectives on the role
and nature of crime in
society.
Revision of specific
methods and how they
apply to crime and
deviance.
Why do men commit more
serious crimes than
women?
How far can official statistics
about crime be trusted?
Patterns in crime.
Globalisation and crime.
How far are the media
responsible for creating
moral panics?
Can we blame the media for
the crime we find in
society?
Victims of crime.
Does punishment work?
Sociological Theories
Exam Skills
Completion of past papers
and questions.
Revision of topics – focusing
on key perspectives, main
authors, key terminology
and criticisms.
Use of contemporary
material – how to link to
sociological ideas.
My child will
be assessed
by:
Group and class discussions.
Completion of past exam
papers and questions .
Research tasks and reading.
Group and class discussions.
Completion of past exam
papers and questions .
Research tasks and reading.
Group and class discussions.
Completion of past exam
papers and questions .
Research tasks and reading.
Internal Mock Exams
A2 External Exams
SCLY3 – Beliefs in Society
SCLY4 – Crime and Deviance
with Theory and Methods.
TERM 6
A2 External Exams
SCLY3 – Beliefs in
Society
SCLY4 – Crime and
Deviance with Theory
and Methods.