Families & households
A family that is long and then.
Beanpole family
A process in schools that categorises pupils by ability.
Streaming.
Data that is descriptive.
Qualitative.
A theory that is top-down is called this.
Structuralist
How many paragraphs of PEEL(E) should you write in a 10-mark question.
Two.
Two reasons for an ageing population.
Longer life expectancy
Lower birth rates
Improved sanitation, health care and medicine
Shorter working life
Two cultural factors that affect social class achievement.
Working class subculture
Cultural capital
Cultural deprivation
Language/speech codes
Parents education
Parenting style
Two ethical issues that influence choice of research method
Informed consent
Confidentiality/anonymity
Deception
Right to withdraw
Harm (physical/psychological)
Two consensus theories of society.
Functionalism
New Right
On which exam paper do you get asked about education?
Unit 1
There are three elements to the triple shift. What are they?
Housework/childcare
Paid work
Emotion work
Three inside school factors that affect gender and achievement.
Equal opportunities policies
Positive role models in school
GCSE and coursework
Teacher attention
Challenging stereotypes in the curriculum
Selection and league tables
Feminisation of education
Shortage of male primary school teachers
Three features of Unstructured interviews.
Informal/relaxed
Face to face
Take long time - 2 hours +
Open ended questions
Topic agenda rather than specific questions
Interviewer can probe
Three causes of gender inequality according to any three types of Feminists.
Radical - Patriarchy
Liberal - Traditions
Marxist - Capitalism
Difference/Postmodern - varies
Three skills that are being tested in sociology.
AO1 - knowledge and understanding
AO2 - Application and interpretation
AO3 - Analysis and evaluation
What does REES stand for in Murdock's theory of the family?
Reproduction
Economic
Educational
Sexual
Four ways in which pupil gender identity is constructed in school.
Double standards
Verbal abuse
The male gaze
Male peer pressure
Female peer pressure
Teachers and discipline
Name four research methods that can be used to collect quantitative data.
Laboratory experiments
Field experiments
Structured interviews
Questionnaires
Official Statistics
Name four Marxist concepts other than Capitalism.
Bourgeoisie - RC
Proletariat - RC
Alienation
False class consciousness/class consciousness
ISA or RSA
Criminogenic
Oppression
Polarisation
Revolution
What should we include in the introduction of a 20-marker with an item? Name two things.
Quote the item
Define key terms in the question
Rephrase the question/explain what the debate is about
Identify who's viewpoint it is in the question
The Rapoports identified 5 different types of family diversity in the UK. Name three of them.
Organisational diversity
Cultural diversity
Social class diversity
Life-stage diversity
Generational diversity
Name 3 new education policies that were introduced to ensure competition between schools under the Education Reform Act (1988).
League tables
Open enrolment
OFSTED inspections
GCSE's introduced
Formula funding
Specialist schools
Opting out of LEA control
Tuition fees for HE
Allowing Free schools to be set up
One strength and one weakness of covert observations.
Strengths: verstehen as can fully emerce in experience, insight as group unaware being observed, validity as pts unaware of real identity,
Weaknesses: deception, risk of going native, danger to researcher if discovered, harm to pts when withdraw,
Two weaknesses of Functionalist views of society.
Ignores the role of power.
Assumes society benefits all members equally.
More of a description than explanation.
Circular arguments.
Outdated.
Q - Outline two cultural factors that influence social class achievement in education. (4 marks)
A - WC pupils have overcrowded homes, so have nowhere quiet to work so do less well than MC. WC parents can't afford private tuition, so their children can't get extra help when needed.
0/4 as neither are cultural factors. Both are material factors.