Sociological Theory Tutorials (T-ST)

Biggs' Revision Lecture

2021-22-SociologicalTheory_Readinglist.pdf

Tutorial-SociologicalTheory-Balliol-CJ-TT22.pdf

“When planning your examination strategy, it is sensible to keep in mind the nature of the ex amination method which the University uses (the conventional method in UK higher educa- tion over the past two centuries). If the examiners allowed you to set the questions, you could prepare good answers in a few months; by setting the questions themselves, they en- sure that a candidate cannot be adequately prepared without study over a broad area. They will therefore not be interested in answers which are in any way off the point, and they will severely penalise ‘short weight’ – too few properly written out answers. The examiners are looking for your own ideas and convictions and you mustn’t be shy of presenting them.” (PPE FHS Handbook 2021-23, p.26)

Examinations and assessments | University of Oxford

https://www.ppe.ox.ac.uk/files/ppehandbookfhs2021-23v11pdf

https://www.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxford/field/field_document/DPPE2223T_0.pdf

Itinerary

1. Revision Tutorial
   1. #essay_writing
   2. #past_paper
   3. #exam_technique
   4. discussing feedback from Collections
2. Revision Tutorial
   1. #theory_ranking
   2. #past_exam_papers
   3. #rational_choice_theory — useful for any exam question (almost)
   4. #social_networks
   5. #social_norms