wjec gcse sociology preparing for the examination
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WJEC GCSE Sociology
Preparing for the examination
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Overview of the examination SOC 1
Understanding Social Processes1 ½ hours
SOC 2Understanding Social Structures
1 ½ hours
Compulsory Core
Key elements: socialisation and agencies of socialisation; research methods
Assessment: Compulsory stimulus questions which may be drawn from the options within the examination.
Compulsory Core
Key elements: Differentiation and inequalities in modern Britain; research methods
Assessment: Compulsory stimulus questions which may be drawn from the options within the examination.
Optional Topics Candidates must answer a structured
question from one of the following:
Optional topicsCandidates must answer a structured
question from one of the following:
Family World Sociology
Education Participation and Protest
Mass Media Crime and Deviance
Sports Work and Unemployment
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AO1
• Recall, select and communicate their knowledge and understanding of social structures, processes and issues
AO2
• Apply knowledge and understanding in a range of contexts both familiar and unfamiliar
AO3• Select, interpret, analyse and evaluate information
from different sources
What are the assessment objectives?
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Examining the specification
• There are two examinations. Each examination allows for 1 ½ hours
• There is now a single paper in both units which offers the full range of grades A*-G.
• Unit One, Understanding Social Processes is also available as a short course GCSE.
• Each examination is marked out of one hundred.
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Answering the paper
• Answer the examination questions on the paper.
• It is not necessary to fill up space available; some people write larger than others and plenty of space is left for those people with big writing.
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Section A:The compulsory core
• This will be marked out of 60. Spend about 50 minutes or fewer on this part of the paper.
• Many of the answers will only require one word, these are worth one mark.
• Some extended answers are worth up to five marks. You will need to write a lot more to gain the marks.
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Stimulus materials
• There will be a number of items to help you with the paper, these may be:– Cartoons– Graphs and tables– Pieces of writing
• They may be drawn from the options on that paper, but will test the core knowledge.
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Tips for success
• Learn the key words on the specification as you will be tested on their meanings
• Learn the key sociological methods as you will be tested on these.
• Use examples, when required, marks are awarded for these.
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Available marks
• Some questions are worth one mark, keep your answer short.
• If two marks are available, add explanation or an example.
• Five mark extended answers will require detail and explanation.
• A good extended answer will be organised in this way– Make a statement– Explain the point– Use evidence to support the point
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Tips for success in the core
• Read the marks available
• Move through the paper quickly
• Keep answers to the point.
• If you are not sure of an answer, leave it and go back later.
• Sometimes more than one possible answer is acceptable and will be credited if the examples or reasons are good.
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Section B
• Each paper offers a choice of four options.
• Answer only one option.
• Each option will be worth 40 marks.
• You will need to write in detail.
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Optional questions
• These questions will require extended writing skills. The questions will use the same command words:
• a) Describe……….. (10)• b) Explain ……… (10)• c) Using sociological knowledge,
discuss……. (20)
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Timing your answers
• In section B, spend about a minute a mark on each section.
• Write in as much detail as you can.
• Refer to the questions in your answers
• Use sociological language in your writing.
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Good luck in your examination
Remember, marking is positive, so if you are not sure of an answer then
write something down and it may still be credited.