Sweet Sampling: An Edible Lesson.
Never one not to knowingly flog a dead horse in the face of massive indifference, postmodern irony and mixed metaphors, I thought I’d do a Very Clever post on how you can teach sampling in a way that doesn’t rapidly drain the living essence from everyone in your classroom. This, to be fair, won’t actually […]
NotAFactsheet: Sampling
If there was a competition for the least-loved part of the Sociology Specification it’s a fair bet that sampling would be somewhere off in the far distance, casually looking over its shoulder and taunting its competitors as it limped home in first place. Loathe it or loathe it, however, you just can’t ignore sampling when […]
GCSE Psychology Connecting Walls
If you’re looking for something a little different to encourage your GCSE students to revise, his collection of Psychology Connecting Walls might be just the ticket. The basic mechanics of the quiz are very simple: each wall has 16 elements that can be grouped into 4 different categories. Once all 4 categories have been correctly […]
Connecting Walls Collection
CBSC Sociology has been busy creating and posting a huge number of revision Connecting Walls on Twitter and, in the spirit of “pinching other people’s stuff and sharing it with a wider audience”, I’ve pulled all their tweets together into one handy blog post for your – and your students’ – greater convenience. So, if […]
Methods in Context: Overt Participant Observation
For some reason I thought I’d already blogged this document, but it seems I’d put it on the Sociology Central web site but not here. To rectify the omission, therefore, this document uses Sudhir Venkatesh’s “Gang Leader For a Day” study as the basis for an outline and evaluation – the advantages and disadvantages – […]
NotAFactsheet: Interpretivist Methods
Continuing the Research Methods theme of recent posts, these NotAFactsheets focus on a range of methods associated with Interpretivist research: M4a. Research Methods: this outlines different types of interview: semi-structured, unstructured and focus groups. M4b. Research Methods: observational methods are one of the staples of Interpretivist research and this outlines non-participant observation, covert and overt participant observation. […]
Connecting Revision Too
If you’ve seen the previous post on Connecting Revision you may have tried the Family Connecting Wall created by Steve Bishop (and maybe even been inspired to think about creating and sharing your own?). He’s now created a new Wall to add to your revising pleasure and this time it’s on Crime and Deviance. As ever […]
NotAFactsheet: Research Ethics
This NotAFactsheet on Research Ethics is a slight departure from previous NotAFactsheets in that it comes in two flavours: 1. The normal “text with box-outs and pictures-if-you’re-lucky” version. 2. An experimental version with an added bit of embedded video (click-the-pic-to-play). Although not ideal, the video is in Flash (.flv) format for reasons that are much […]
Connecting Revision
A “Connecting Wall” grid featured in the British Sociological Association’s Sociology Teacher magazine. If you’re familiar with the BBC Quiz show “Only Connect” you’ll know that one of the most popular elements is the “Connecting Wall” where a team of 3 players is presented with a “wall” containing 16 elements that can be grouped into […]
Sociology Shortcuts: NotAFactsheets
Over the past few weeks I’ve published a small selection of Curriculum Press Sociology Factsheets and the response to these set me thinking about creating some of my own, using a similar format – although I’ve decided not to call what I’ve produced “Factsheets”, mainly because they aren’t. Anyway, I posted my first attempt at a […]