Welcome to the Social Sciences Curriculum Area page. This area incorporates Health and Social Care, Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology.

Health and Social Care

GCSE options: -

Health and Social Care: this course gives students the opportunity to investigate all aspects of the health and care of the community. The course is a double award equating to two GCSEs

Child Development:  This course investigates all aspects of the development and care of children from pre-conception and the care of the mother, through birth up to the age of eight

AS/A2 option

Health and Social Care:  this course is a study of the wide range of areas associated with the care of the nation including the legal obligations of the care professionals, communications, promoting healthy living, early years provision and child development, anatomy and physiology and mental health among others.  It is available as a single option with students undertaking six units of work and a double option when students complete twelve units of work in the two year course.

Forfurther information contact bhasler@sharnbrook.beds.sch.uk

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Philosophy

“In studying Philosophy, students will enhance their critical faculties and analytic skills by engaging with; ethical theory, political theory, theories of perception, aesthetics and textual analysis.”

For further information contact jcartwright@sharnbrook.beds.sch.uk

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Psychology

Most people, when they hear the word ‘Psychology,’ think of mental disorders and abnormal behaviour. BUT – psychologists are not only interested in such behavioural extremes;  many are more interested in investigating very ordinary, everyday behaviour such as memory, aggression, thinking, obeying others, and sleeping, to name but a few research areas!   

So, PSYCHOLOGY is ‘the study of human behaviour and experience’. It aims to describe and explain behaviour which, in turn, allows us to predict and modify behaviour. It is a FANTASTIC subject, because it is about you, me, and everyone around us and it tries to explain why we do the things we do!

For further information contact shawkins@sharnbrook.beds.sch.uk

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Sociology

‘Sociology contributes a great deal to our understanding of the social world, focusing on how human interaction, rules and processes bind and separate people. Studying Sociology is a liberating experience: it enlarges our sympathies and imagination, opens up new perspectives on the sources of our own behaviour, and illustrates cultural settings different from our own’.

For further information contact hshelton@sharnbrook.beds.sch.uk

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