AICE Sociology
School website featuring resources for Introductory Sociology, Research Methods and Family Life.
Introducing Journal Corner
Introducing Journal Corner – the BSA’s new digested read for A-level Sociology.
Different for Girls?
Short film examining gender issues in the use of public space.
Accent as Cultural Discrimination
Is your accent still a significance source of discrimination in UK society?
Agencies of Socialisation
Another day, another PowerPoint Presentation. And this time its “All About The Agencies” The Presentation identifies a range of primary and secondary socialising agencies (family, peers, education, workplace, media and religion to be precise) and provides some simple information / examples for each in five categories: Behaviour Roles Norms Values Sanctions. If this sounds a […]
Global Culture: 3 Views
While there’s probably a general agreement that “globalised cultural forms” – from fast food to films to football – are increasingly coming into existence, students need to be aware there are debates over both the exact forms these globalised cultures take and the impacts they make. They need to consider this in terms of how […]
Middle Class Identities |2 Cultural Identities
The second of two related “identity” PowerPoint Presentations, (the first looked at occupational identities) identifies four cultural factors – two that could be loosely called “positive” (social and cultural capital) and two that could loosely be called “negative” (disgusted subjects and not being working class) that contribute to the shaping of middle class identities. The […]
Middle Class Identities |1 Occupational Identities
The first of two related “identity” PowerPoint Presentations, this one identifies a number of occupational identities that contribute to the shaping of middle class identities: Professionals Managers Consultants Intellectuals Service Workers As ever, the list is indicative rather than prescriptive, designed mainly to provide a general starting-point for further investigation and discussion. In this respect […]
Introduction to A-Level Sociology: Cultural Differences
For reasons that will become clear in a moment, I was searching for a document or two about Sherbit Culture to accompany a 5-minute film clip I’d assembled from some old (2000 – 2002-ish) HSBC adverts. The idea was to use the film as a light-hearted way to introduce the concept of cultural differences to […]
Sociology Flipbooks: Free Textbook Previews
So. Here’s the thing. I like to occasionally root around on Pinterest – mainly, it must be said, when I’m pretending to do “research” in order to avoid doing any actual work – because it’s a good source of interesting ideas and practices. Like stuff I’ve shared in the past, such as structure strips […]