About
Ruth’s Sociology Resources belongs to me - Ruth Morton
The primary purpose of this site is to serve anyone who is teaching or learning sociology. I couldn’t find what I wanted for my students on the internet so I decided to create it myself. I then found that both students and teachers from outside my college were using the site and wanted help and advice and Ruth’s Sociology Resources was born.
I’ve been teaching A-level Sociology for 5 years and I am currently a full-time postgraduate student at the University of Warwick doing a PhD in Sociology, researching home education in the UK. In 2005-06 I did an MA in Social Research, my dissertation research looked at the lives and experiences of sixth form girls. From this September I’m taking a break from A-level teaching in order to devote enough time to my PhD, but I’m staying up to date by going on INSET courses and reading up on the new specifications which will be introduced in September 2008.
I’ve been teaching since 2002, mostly A-level Sociology, but also some GCSE Sociology, along with smatterings of Geography and Health & Social Care. Prior to that I worked for Ofsted Early Years for a short while and in an EBD school and a secure unit. All this has given me a wide range of experience which I enjoy bringing to my teaching.
My undergraduate degree is in Sociology and it’s given me a lasting love for the subject. My research interests lie mainly in the Sociology of Education and spill over into the Sociology of Childhood, but I tend to take an interest in most parts of Sociology - after all society is just too fascinating to ignore!
I can be contacted by e-mail using the link in the side bar.
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on May 10th, 2006 at 5:48 pm
Just wanted to comment on how excellent the website. I have been teaching RE for four years but was trained as a sociology teacher. I only just started the subject off this year at AS level and spent the whole of last summer looking for decent websites and this is by far the best, particuarly the links to relevant articles that you post monthly!! Thank you
on May 22nd, 2006 at 4:07 pm
thank you for the good work.
am a student at dunraven sixthform in south london.
am revising for my As exam and i was so happy to come across your website.I had spent 30min searching for a good website for sol. but couldn’t find any until i found yours.
it was very helpful and good luck in everything.
on December 2nd, 2006 at 7:07 pm
hi my name is Amy, i would like to say congratulations for being so sucessful and so passionate about sociology, form the school i come from sociology is rare subject as no one wants to take it up at A level and this is disappointing as i really enjoy sociology and think it would benefit people. i do find your site really good to read just one thing though is that i couldnt find anything on religion and at the moment in my A2 year that is what im studying and im finding it a little hard and cant find much anywhere to read about. thank you for reading this. please reply if you wish
Amy
on December 4th, 2006 at 9:01 pm
Amy,
Glad you find the site helpful. Sorry about the lack of Sociology of Religion material - I’m afraid it’s an area of Sociology that I don’t know well and have not taught so it is unlikely that there will ever be much on it on this site - sorry.
Ruth
on January 15th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
I would just like to say thank you for doing this site! I have my sociology exam on the individual and society tomorrow and it has been a great help towards my revision!
on April 26th, 2007 at 11:15 am
thank you for making this beautiful site.
It was very helpful to me during my gcse revision.
Ellie.
xxx
on April 4th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Very usefull and easy to navigate site, well done.