Key term
AQA A-Level Sociology 7192
Education
Topic overviewThe role and functions of educationClass differences in educational achievementLabelling, subcultures and processes within schoolsGender and educational achievementEthnicity and educational achievementSelection and marketisationPrivatisation and vocational educationEducational policy, equality and globalisation
Methods in Context
Theory and Methods
Culture and IdentityOptional topic
Families and HouseholdsOptional topic
Topic overviewFunctionalist views of the familyMarxist and feminist views of the familyThe New Right, postmodernism and family policyMarriage, cohabitation and divorceFamily diversity and the personal life perspectiveConjugal roles and domestic labourPower relationships and domestic violenceThe social construction of childhoodBirth rates and death ratesFamily size and the ageing populationMigration and globalisation
HealthOptional topic
Work, Poverty and WelfareOptional topic
Beliefs in SocietyOptional topic
Topic overviewIdeology and science as belief systemsFunctionalist views of religionMarxist and feminist views of religionReligion as a force for social changeChurches, sects, denominations and cultsNew religious movements and New Age movementsReligion, gender, ethnicity, age and social classSecularisationBelieving without belonging and postmodern religionGlobalisation, fundamentalism and religion worldwide
Global DevelopmentOptional topic
The MediaOptional topic
Stratification and DifferentiationOptional topic
Crime and Deviance
Topic overviewFunctionalist, strain and control theories of crimeSubcultural theories of crimeInteractionism and labelling theoryMarxist and critical theories of crimeLeft and right realismGender and crimeSocial class, white-collar and corporate crimeEthnicity, policing and the criminal justice systemGlobalisation and crimeThe media, crime and fear of crimeMoral panics and the deviancy amplification spiralGreen crimeState crime and human rightsDenial, neutralisation and prosecuting state crimeSituational and environmental crime preventionRealist crime control, surveillance and the panopticonPunishment, sentencing and the criminal justice systemVictims and victimologyCrime prevention strategies and their limits
Education
Educational policy, equality and globalisation
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Overview
Compensatory education, equality of opportunity and outcome, and how global competition shapes policy.
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Key term
What is the difference between equality of opportunity and equality of outcome?
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What are compensatory education policies designed to tackle?
Model answer
Cultural deprivation, by providing extra resources to disadvantaged groups.
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Give two examples of compensatory education programmes.
Model answer
Sure Start and Education Action Zones.
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Name four policies aimed at achieving greater equality of opportunity in education.
Model answer
Comprehensive education, Education Maintenance Allowance, Pupil Premium, and widening participation in higher education.
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What is the difference between equality of opportunity and equality of outcome?
Model answer
Equality of opportunity means giving every pupil the same chance to succeed regardless of background; equality of outcome means ensuring all groups achieve similar results.
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How have international league tables like PISA influenced educational policy?
Model answer
They create pressure on governments to reform education to improve their country's ranking.
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How has economic competition influenced educational policy globally?
Model answer
Countries feel pressure to develop skills and qualifications to compete in the global economy.
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