Super Smart Thinking: Sociology Made Easy

Welcome to the wonderful world of Sociology!

List of contents

• 1: What Is Sociology?
• 2: How Did Sociology Begin?
• 3: How Do Sociologists Find Out About Peoples' Lives?
• 4: Society Works! Functionalist Ideas
• 5: Who Was Marx?
• 6: Feminism: Women in Sociology
• 7: Why Meanings Are Important Too
• 8: Recent Ways of Explaining Change: Postmodernism
• 9: Getting Sociological About the Family
• 10: Why Do People Commit Crimes?
• 11: The Sociology of The Classroom
• 12: Why the World Is Like A Village
• 13: How Sociologists Change the World

About the author

Laura Pountney delivers teacher training for secondary education and is the author of a number of anthropology and sociology textbooks, podcasts and journal articles. She teaches at Colchester Sixth Form College.

Summary

Welcome to the wonderful world of Sociology!

Clear designs and illustrations combined with easy-to-understand text introduce famous thinkers and concepts, from Marxism to Feminism.

Super Smart Thinking series takes highly complex concepts and explains them in clear and straight-forward ways through the use of everyday relatable examples.

Perfect for high-flying kids aged 11 and up, and those with the curiosity to delve deeper into the world of Sociology.

Foreword

Welcome to the wonderful world of Sociology!

Product details

• Authors: Laura Pountney, Pountney Laura
• Publisher: Wayland
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781526317247
• ISBN: 978-1-5263-1724-7
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 270 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Super Smart Thinking
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Politics & Government, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Psychology, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Sociology, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2 (England and Wales), Interest age: from c 11 years, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics