NB I’ve only selected the most quintessentially sociological books for this list (I’ll get round to explaining what I define as ‘quintessentially sociological’ at some point). HOWEVER, I do not have an entirely rose tinted view of the use of technology in education, and one of my interests is in critically evaluating the effects of the use of educational technology on students, teachers and wider society more generally. These resources contain all the core sociology knowledge students need for a through introduction sociology, illustrated with numerous up to date contemporary case studies and statistics. Develop students’ interpretation, application, analysis and evaluation skills with a range of activities ideal for classroom use, including exam-style questions and sample responses at different levels to show students how to improve. Bring students closer to the practice of sociology with the unique Now and then feature in which leading sociologists, from Paul Willis to Carol Smart, reassess landmark studies in their own words.

Use CGP Online Editions for your own personal use, including things like studying, classroom teaching, lesson planning and in-school training. the role of transnational corporations, non-governmental organisations and international agencies in local and global strategies for development changing patterns of marriage, cohabitation, separation, divorce, childbearing and the life course, including the sociology of personal life, and the diversity of contemporary family and household structuresChomsky, N. (2004) Hegemony or Survival: America’s quest for global dominance. London: Penguin Books. Exploring and raising awareness of alternative lifestyles and networks which offer more self-fulfilling and sustainable ways of being.

Evalaute – POWER/ BIAS/ VALUE FREEDOM? Who developed the concept/ theory – whose interests does it serve? For example, “x” theor is ethnocentric because…. Switch topics regularly when revising (this is called “ interleaving” and it will help you to identify connections between different topics) sources of data, including questionnaires, interviews, participant and non-participant observation, experiments, documents and official statisticsEven though this is not one of the AQA endorsed text books, the fact that it’s not endorsed probably says more about the AQA than it does about this book. The book is more ‘no nonsense’ than the others on offer, which is what I like about it – It’s well structured and key concepts are defined briefly in the margins where necessary. There are also various mind maps and diagrams throughout the book for some of the topics.