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Using covert participant observation to investigate pupils with behavioural difficulties

An example of how you might answer a methods in context question on the AQA’s A level sociology paper 1. […]

Privatisation involves the transfer of public assets to private companies This is an example of a possible 4 or 6 mark

An example of a methods in context question, mark scheme, and some thoughts on how to answer the question. The

Methods in Context- Here you need to be able to assess the strengths and limitations of using any method to

The AQA Specification – Education Students need to know…. The role and functions of the education system, including its relationship

If you get a question on education policies, the chances are you will be asked about ‘education policies since 1988’.

Just a few thoughts on how you might answer this in the exam. Introduction – A variety of factors influence

For these questions you need to make a point and then develop that point to explain further.

Below is a pared-down general mark-scheme for 20 and 30 mark sociology essays, adapted from the AQA’s more specific mark-schemes

Economic definitions and ways of measuring development are unsatisfactory. A much clearer and more useful picture emerges when wider social