Sociology

“The calling of Humanities is to make us truly Human in the best sense of the word.”

The WJEC Eduqas GCSE in Sociology is designed to foster in learners an understanding and critical awareness of the social world around them. The specification focuses on the importance of social structure in explaining social issues.

Learners will be encouraged to explore and debate contemporary social issues to enable them to challenge taken-for-granted assumptions and to question their everyday understanding of social phenomena. Learners will develop their own sociological awareness through active engagement with the contemporary social world.

This specification will develop learners' ability to think sociologically in relation to their experience of the social world around them so that they are able to play a positive, active and informed role in society.

This WJEC Eduqas GCSE specification in Sociology requires learners to:

• analyse information and use evidence in order to make draw conclusions about how society is structured
• use and apply their knowledge and understanding of how social structures and processes influence social control, power and inequality
• use sociological theories to understand social issues, debates and change in society over time
• understand a range of research methods
• use sociological terminology appropriately and make connections between the key areas of subject content.

Component 1: Understanding Social Processes Written examination: 1 hour 45 minutes 50% of qualification.  This component covers the following topic areas: Key concepts and processes of cultural transmission, Families, Education, Sociological research methods.

A written assessment with a mix of short answer, structured questions and extended response questions, all compulsory. The extended response questions will require candidates to draw together different areas of knowledge, skills and/or understanding from across the relevant specification content.

Component 2: Understanding Social Structures Written examination: 1 hour 45 minutes 50% of qualification.  This component covers the following topic areas; Social differentiation and stratification, Crime and deviance, Applied methods of sociological enquiry.

A written assessment with a mix of short answer, structured questions and extended response questions, all compulsory. The extended response questions will require candidates to draw together different areas of knowledge, skills and/or understanding from across the relevant specification content.

Welcome to Sociology at Trafalgar School! I am immensely proud to be the Curriculum Leader for Humanities.

Humanities are subjects that complement each other in so many ways, and work effortlessly together to create well rounded humans.

Students at KS4 can study Sociology here at Trafalgar.

Katherine Watson - kwatson@trafalgarschool.org.uk

Jan Morrison - jmorrison@trafalgarschool.org.uk