4 and 6 Mark Outline Questions on Education for the A Level Sociology Paper 1 Exam
For these questions you need to make a point and then develop that point to explain further.
A level sociology exam practice, education, Exams and revision advice
education
Sociological perspectives on the role and functions of education in society; the significance of in-school processes such as teacher labelling and subcultures for pupil identities; explanations for differences in educational achievement by social class, gender and ethnicity; the impact of education policies of marketization, selection and privatisation, and the globalization of education
education, Sociology in the News
Sociology in the News: Parental Choice Versus State Control
The supreme court this week upheld the ban on parents taking their children out of school for family holidays during
A level sociology exam practice, education, Exams and revision advice
Using material from item A, analyse two ways in which globalisation may have changed pupils’ experience of education(10)
More competition from abroad and more multiculturalism
Sociology Concepts: Education
definitions of the key concepts for the A-level sociology of education module (AQA focus)
education
The Moral Panic About Boys ‘Underachievement’ in Education
Researchers in the Gender and Education Association take a critical feminist approach to the issue of boys’ underachievement. They
education, Education Policy, Neoliberalism and The New Right
The Neoliberal Approach to Education Reform
Stephen Ball argues that there are four central mechanisms through which neoliberalism has transformed the British education system (these are
education, Neoliberalism and The New Right
Care of the self, resistance and subjectivity under neoliberal governmentalities – A Summary
In this recent article – Care of the self, resistance and subjectivity under neoliberal subjectivities Stephen Ball (2012) effectively argues
education
Evaluating the Marxist Perspective on Education
Marxists argue that the education system performs the following functions… You might like to review the Marxist Perspective on Education
education, Education Policy
The Prevent Agenda – Arguments For and Against
The Prevent Agenda is a recent social policy which requires schools (among other public bodies) to assist the government in
education, Ethnicity
Ethnic Minority Pupils – No Longer ‘Underachieving’ ?
It would seem that the notion of ethnic minorities underachieving is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. If you