Year 10

Monday 1st June – Friday 12th June

Sociology

New Material:What sources of qualitative secondary data are available to sociologists?

TASK: Read through the following:

Read through the following:

Read through the following:

Read through the following:

Practice - Attempt the following exam questions to check your understanding:

Practice – Developing an understanding of how to use qualitative secondary data.

Task -Read the following activity and then attempt the following question:

Practice – Developing an understanding of how to use qualitative secondary data.

Review – Attempt the following multiple choice questions to test your understanding of the sources of qualitative secondary data.

• 1) Qualitative secondary sources include data from existing studies, personal documents, mass media products and material from the internet – True or False?

• 2) Qualitative secondary sources can be analysed systematically using content analysis – True or False?

• 3) Using content analysis is both a cheap and quick research method for researchers to use – True or False?

• 4) With content analysis researchers work with a set of categories so the analysis can be replicated to check reliability – True or False?

• 5) Content analysis involves subjective / valued judgments which may create quantitative but invalid data – True or False?

Other ideas

• Produce one flashcard the different sources of qualitative secondary data.

• Produce one flashcard on the advantages of written documents

• Produce one flashcard on the disadvantages of written documents

New Material: What sorts of ethical issues arise during the research process? TASK - Read through the following:

Glossary:

KEY TERMS DEFINITION

Ethical considerations Ethics in research looks at what is morally acceptable. When a sociologist plans to carry out some research, they need to consider whether it follows ethical guidelines.

Anonymity Anonymity refers to data collected from respondents who are completely unknown to anyone associated with the research.

Confidentiality Confidentiality refers to a condition in which the researcher knows the identity of a research subject, but takes steps to protect that identity from being discovered by others.

Informed consent This generally involves ensuring that prior to agreeing to participate, research subjects are aware of details of the study, including the risks and benefits of participation and in what ways the data collected will be used and kept secure.

Covert research This is when research participants are deliberately misinformed about what the study is about or they are unaware of their involvement in the study.

Practice - Attempt the following exam question to test your comprehension:

Practice – Developing an understanding about what sorts of ethical issues arise during the research process

Task -Read the following activity and then attempt the following question:

Practice – Developing an understanding about what sorts of ethical issues arise during the research process

Task -Read the following activity and then attempt the following questions:

Practice – Developing an understanding about what sorts of ethical issues arise during the research process

Review – Attempt the following multiple choice questions to test your understanding of the sorts of ethical issues that can arise during the research process

• 1) Ethical guidelines help sociologists to carry out morally acceptable research – True or False?

• 2) Ethical guidelines help protect the rights of participants, their interests and their wellbeing – True or False?

• 3) Ethical guidelines cover issues such as informed consent, anonymity, privacy and confidentiality – True or False?

• 4) Informed consent is when research participants are deliberately misinformed about what the study is about or they are unaware of their involvement in the study – True or False?

• 5) Anonymity involves ensuring that prior to agreeing to participate, research subjects are aware of details of the study – True or False?

Other ideas

• Produce one flashcard on each of the different ethical issues in sociological research (informed consent, anonymity, confidentiality).

New Material: What are the links between sociology, social problems and social policies? • TASK - Read through the following:

Read through the following:

Glossary of key terms

Institutional racism Racial discrimination that has become established as normal behaviour within a society or organization. For example, the London Metropolitan police were found to be institutionally racist during the Stephen Lawrence enquiry

Social policy Social policy is government policies which shape different areas of peoples’ lives, such as the welfare state

Welfare state This is government spending intended to improve health, education, employment and social security.

Welfare reform These are changes in the operation of a given welfare system. For example, the government may increase benefit payments to those groups in greater need, whilst cutting payments to those less in need.

Practice – Developing an understanding of the links between sociology, social problems and social policies

Task -Read the following activity and then attempt the following questions:

Practice - Attempt the following exam questions to test your comprehension:

Review – Attempt the following multiple choice questions to test your understanding of the links between sociology, social problems and social policies• 1) Sociological research is useful to governments because it helps them when making

their policies – True or False?

• 2) Social policies include government expenditure on areas such as education and welfare – True or False?

• 3) Sociology has a practical use today in addressing social problems such as racism –True or False?

• 4) Sociology has had a impact on society by contributing to debates on social issues and helping to shape social policy – True or False?

Other ideas

• Produce a flashcard on how sociology has influenced social policy

Focus on skills• Now that we have come to the end of the unit on Research Methods,

we need to practice developing our application skills.

• Task – Work through the next 7 PowerPoint slides, and complete all the questions and activities that you are all to do.

Practice - Developing your application skills in relation to research methods

Practice - Developing your application skills in relation to research methods

Practice - Developing your application skills in relation to research methods

Practice - Developing your application skills in relation to research methods

Practice - Developing your application skills in relation to research methods

Practice - Developing your application skills in relation to research methods

Practice - Developing your application skills in relation to research methods