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
Selection and marketisation
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Overview
The tripartite system, comprehensives, the 1988 Act, parentocracy, and Ball on how markets reproduce inequality.
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Key term
How did the 1988 Education Reform Act introduce parental choice?
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What type of school in the tripartite system was intended for academic pupils?
Model answer
Grammar schools.
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How were pupils allocated to different schools in the tripartite system?
Model answer
By selection through the 11-plus examination.
- 3
What were comprehensive schools designed to replace and what was their aim?
Model answer
They replaced the tripartite system, aiming to educate all children in the same type of school regardless of ability.
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What is selection in education?
Model answer
Educational policies that allocate pupils to different schools or streams based on ability, aptitude, or other criteria.
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What is marketisation in education?
Model answer
Policies introducing market forces into education, making schools compete for pupils and funding.
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How did the 1988 Education Reform Act introduce league tables?
Model answer
By requiring the publication of school results, allowing parents to compare school performance.
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