AQA (A) Advanced General Studies Textbook

Summary:
This coursebook has been written specifically to meet the needs of students following the AQA AS/A2 General Studies specification A, and provides thorough, carefully structured coverage of the subject content.

AQA (A) Advanced General Studies has the following special features:

• Content guidance for each unit
  

• Key terms and concepts explained
  

• Different viewpoints presented
  

• Extension material provided
  

• Samples of different question types given for all units, with examiner comments
  

• Teacher Answer Guide with answers to all questions and practice tests available separately   
  

Table of Contents:
Introduction
AS MODULE 1 (Culture and Society)
Understanding and appreciation of the changing nature and importance of culture
Creativity and innovation
Aesthetic evaluation
Beliefs, values and moral reasoning
Religious belief and experience and connections between them and society
Examination and appreciation of ideologies and values in society
Media and communication
Political processes and goals
The relationship between law, society and ethics
AS MODULE 2 (Science and Society)
Characteristics of the sciences
Explanation of human behaviour
Social and economic trends and constraints
Understanding of scientific methods, principles, criteria and their application
The nature of scientific objectivity and the question of progress
The nature of objectivity in social sciences
Mathematical reasoning and it application to the Unit 2 passage
Social, ethical and environmental implications of scientific discoveries and technological developments
The moral responsibility of scientists
The relationship between technology, science, society and ideology
A2 MODULE 3 (Culture and Society)
Understanding and appreciation of the changing nature and importance of culture
Creativity, innovation and aesthetic evaluation
Beliefs, values, moral reasoning and religious experience
Media and communication
Ideologies and political processes and goals
The relationship between law, society and ethics
A2 MODULE 4 (Science and Society)
Explanation and evaluation of human behaviour
Social and economic trends and constraints
Characteristics of sciences and understanding of scientific methods, principles, criteria and their application
The nature of objectivity and the question of progress in science and the social sciences
Mathematical reasoning (the application of data handling in the case study)
Social, ethical and environmental implications of scientific discoveries and technological developments and the moral responsibility of scientists
The relationship between technology, science, society and ideology
Index

About the Author(s):
Trevor Green is a chief examiner and has extensive experience at a senior level with a number of awarding bodies. He is author of a number of A-level and GCSE books on General Studies and Citizenship, and has wide experience as an INSET presenter.