Nutshell Studies: Khan (2011)
December 3, 2025
The concept of cultural capital has assumed increasing significance in the Sociology of Education in recent times and Khan’s ethnographic study of St. Pauls, one
The concept of cultural capital has assumed increasing significance in the Sociology of Education in recent times and Khan’s ethnographic study of St. Pauls, one
The concept of a hidden curriculum is one that seems to belong to a bygone educational age – one in which we could be genuinely
As is their wont, A-level Sociology examiners occasionally like to ask questions about “feminist perspectives” and if you’re at all on the ball you’ll realise
Routine Activities Theory has arguably been one of the most influential crime theories of recent times and this Nutshell Study provides a simple overview for
Students (and teachers) of Left Realism should find the latest nutshell study particularly useful for the way it extends Young’s Realist arguments in a couple
Another Nutshell Study to add to your growing collection (use the right-hand “Categories” menu to find any you’ve missed), this one digests the work of
The latest Nutshell Study digests the work of Archer, Hollingworth and Mendick: “Urban Youth and Schooling” (2010), so you don’t have to. Think of it
The third Nutshell Study is Merton’s Strain Theory (1938 ), designed “to make it easier for students to get to grips with significant classic and
The second Nutshell Study does a quick’n’dirty hack-job on Michelle Alexander’s 2010 study “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” –
The idea behind Nutshell Studies is to make it easier for students to get to grips with significant classic and contemporary sociological studies in a
In a recent post I outlined the WHAT technique, a “strong, yet simple, way to analyse and evaluate any research study” by encouraging students to
Encourage your students to engage with social research by using this simple template. It’s probably no great secret that for the majority of sociology and
What Is It? The Gender Pay Gap (GPG) represents the difference between the median – or mid-point – earnings of men and women in a
This new 3-part series of films is designed to introduce A-level / High School students to research methods in a way that explains their importance
It’s probably fair to say that Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) has, particularly over the last few years, attracted a great deal of critical