Understanding Standards: Nominee Training Event Sociology National 5 and Higher

Aims of the day To support Nominees in their understanding of national standards by: Discussing changes to assessment standards and the course assessment specification (CAS) after the course review Discussing with colleagues what evidence is required to meet assessment standards Asking questions and seeking clarification about national standards

Hierarchical National 5 and Higher Culture and Identity Human Society Social Issues

The purpose of Unit Assessment Support Packages UASPs can be used to: Assess your candidates Adapt for your own assessment programmes Help you develop your own assessments

Sociology UASPs Package 1 Unit by Unit approach – National 5 and Higher Package 2 Portfolio – National 5 and Higher Package 3 Combined across Units – National 5 and Higher

UASPs – key features Designed to encourage professional judgement Provide broad-based tasks – allow assessors to choose appropriate context and forms of evidence Show range of approaches to generating assessment evidence Give information on the type of evidence which could be gathered and how this is to be judged against assessment standards

Evidence Requirements Assessors should use their professional judgement, subject knowledge and experience, and understanding of their learners, to determine the most appropriate ways to generate evidence and the conditions and contexts in which they are used. Evidence should be gathered in combination with other Outcomes where possible, either from this Unit or in combination with the Outcomes from the other two Units. Evidence may also be gathered for individual Outcomes where appropriate.

Key changes to Higher assessment standards No changes to National 5 1.5 Culture and Identity has been changed from: Giving a summarised sociological analysis of an investigation of culture and identity in a changing social world to: Drawing conclusions about culture and identity in a changing social world 2.2 Human Society changed from: Applying structural and action perspectives and theories to explain relationships amongst individuals, groups and institutions to: Analyse similarities and differences between sociological theories

Key changes to the CAS: Culture and Identity Theories for each Higher unit are now specified in the CAS Perspectives: structural; action Theories must include: Consensus, Conflict, Functionalism, Marxism, Feminism, Symbolic interactionism, Labelling, Weberism.

Key changes to the CAS: Human Society Perspectives: structural; action Theories must include: Consensus, Conflict, Functionalism, Marxism, Feminism, Symbolic interactionism, Labelling, Weberism.

Key changes to the CAS: Social Issues Perspectives: structural; action Theories must include: Consensus, Conflict, Functionalism, Marxism, Feminism, Symbolic interactionism, Labelling, Weberism. Social mobility is now mandatory

Workshop 1: Culture and Identity Read the candidate evidence for Culture and identity Decide whether it meets national standards We will then discuss your thoughts on the evidence

Higher: Culture and Identity National 5: Culture and Identity 1.1 Explaining the impact of socialisation on the formation of identity 1.1 Describing the concepts of culture, subculture, identity and diversity 1.2 Explaining the concepts of culture and sub-culture in terms of power and status 1.2 Explaining the process of socialisation 1.3 Applying sociological theory to explain a selected aspect of culture and identity 1.3 Using evidence from a range of sources to investigate the relationship between socialisation and identity 1.4 Explaining sociological research for the selected aspect of culture and identity 1.4 Giving an explanation of culture and identity that reflects awareness of diversity 1.5 Drawing conclusions about culture and identity in a changing social world o

Culture and Identity Key study Higher Cohen (1972) Folk Devils and Moral Panics National 5 No mandatory studies

Workshop 2: Human Society Read the candidate evidence for Human Society Decide whether it meets national standards We will then discuss your thoughts on the evidence

National 5: Human Society Higher: Human Society National 5: Human Society 1.1 Explaining what is meant by common-sense and sociological approaches to the study of human societies, giving examples of each 1.1 Distinguishing between common-sense and sociological explanations of social behaviour 1.2 Evaluating one research method that tends to generate quantitative data 1.2 Describing basic features and one advantage and one disadvantage of two different research methods that tend to generate quantitative data. 1.3 Evaluating one research method that tends to generate qualitative data 1.3 Describing basic features and one advantage and one disadvantage of two different research methods that tend to generate qualitative data. 1.4 Selecting research methods favoured by sociologists that adopt structural and action perspectives

National 5: Human Society Higher: Human Society National 5: Human Society 2.1 Explaining features, strengths and weaknesses of structural and action perspectives 2.1 Explaining the structural perspective, using the concept of structure 2.2 Analyse similarities and differences between sociological theories 2.2 Explaining the action perspective, using the concept of social action 2.3 Applying and justifying choice of a research method to a research scenario 2.3 Describing two differences between structure and action perspectives

Workshop 3: Social Issues Read the candidate evidence for Social Issues Decide whether it meets national standards We will then discuss your thoughts on the evidence

National 5: Social Issues Higher: Social Issues National 5: Social Issues 1.1 Selecting and describing a contemporary social issue, with reference to different sources of information 1.1 Describing a contemporary social issue with reference to evidence from different sources 1.2 Applying two contrasting sociological theories to explain the social issue 1.2 Explaining the social issue using sociological theories, one of which takes a structural perspective 1.3 Evaluating the explanations of the social issue offered by the theories 1.3 Describing one similarity and two differences in how the theories explain the chosen social issue

National 5: Social Issues Higher: Social Issues National 5: Social Issues 2.1 Sourcing and describing sociological studies of an identified social issue 2.1 Explaining the role of research evidence in sociology 2.2 Evaluating the studies based on practical, ethical and theoretical issues relevant to the research process 2.2 Interpreting research evidence and using the interpretation to support sociological explanations of a contemporary social issue 2.3 Draw conclusions from the research findings

Social Issues – key studies Higher 1. Goldthorpe (1972) (2008) Oxford Mobility Studies  2. Blanden J Machin M (2008) Up and down the Income Ladder in Britain: Past Changes and Future Prospects  National 5 1. Rosenthal, R., & Jacobson, L. 1968. Pygmalion in the classroom. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston 2. Kingdon G and Cassen R, 2007. Understanding low achievement in English schools. London School of Economics

Did we achieve our aims? To support Nominees in their understanding of national standards by: Discussing changes to assessment standards and the course assessment specification (CAS) after the course review Discussing with colleagues what evidence is required to meet Assessment Standards Asking questions and seeking clarification about national standards

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