ABOUT THIS CONFERENCE

This AQA A Level Sociology Revision Conference will strengthen your students’ knowledge of the content and exam skills, supporting them to achieve the highest possible grades in the examinations. The Conference will consist of fun retrieval activities and exam technique workshops. Students will be provided with high quality resources including revision activities, model answers and exam answer planning sheets.

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

• An excellent opportunity to revise the key content and exam skills with a Sociology Centre of Excellence.
• Fun retrieval activities designed to test students’ knowledge and make them aware of any gaps.
• How best to revise for examinations in AQA A Level Sociology.
• Interactive exam technique workshops including model answers, deconstruction of exam questions and students acting as examiners.
• A focus on the more challenging aspects of the course both in terms of content and exam questions.
• Top tips on how to maximise marks in the examinations.

PROGRAMME

Paper 1 Education

• Fun retrieval activities to check understanding and identify any gaps in knowledge
• Revise key content across the topic, including Education Policies
• Exam skills workshop covering 4, 6 and 10 marks exam questions
• How to approach and answer the more demanding 30 marks exam questions
• Guidance on how to maximise marks in the examination and achieve A/A* grades

Paper 1 Methods in Context

Paper 3 Crime and Deviance

• Fun retrieval activities to check understanding and identify any gaps in knowledge
• Revise key content across the topic
• Exam skills workshop covering 4, 6, 10 and 30 marks exam questions
• Guidance on how to maximise marks in the examination and achieve A/A* grades

Paper 3 Theory and Methods

• Fun retrieval activities to check understanding and identify any gaps in knowledge
• Revision of the more challenging sociological theories, including social action theory
• Revision of the relationship between sociology and science, value-freedom and social policy
• Exam skills workshop – how to answer the 10 and 20 marks exam questions on Theory and Methods
• Guidance on how to maximise marks in the examination and achieve A/A* grades