Why choose GCSE Sociology?
In addition to helping students acquire subject knowledge, this specification: • develops students’ understanding of the interdependence between individuals, groups, institutions and societies • encourages an understanding of the nature and significance of cooperation and conflict, and continuity and change, including individual and social differences in the students’ own and other societies • encourages students to analyse critically the nature and source of information and to base judgements and arguments on evidence • encourages students to reflect their own experience of the social world in which they live and to acquire knowledge and develop skills that enable them to play informed roles within the community • provides a strong basis for progression to further studies, including A-level Sociology • makes a valuable contribution to Citizenship, Personal Social and Health Education (PSHE), programmes and the development of students’ transferable study skills.
