
Sociology
This is the content page of what will be covered throughout this section.
(AQA A-Level Sociology Suitable)
Education
Part 1 – Roles and Functions of Education:
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Functionalist Overview on Education
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Marxists Overview on Education Schools
Part 2 – Difference in Educational Achievement:
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Difference due to Class (Internal Factors)
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Difference due to Class (External Factors)
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Difference due to Gender (Internal Factors)
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Difference due to Gender (External Factors)
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Girls and Identity
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Boys and Educational Achievement
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Ethnicity (External Factors)
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Ethnicity (Internal Factors)
Part 3 – Educational Policies:
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Equality within Education
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Marketisation of Education
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Private Education
Families and Households
Part 1 – Couples:
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The Domestic Division of Labour
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Equality within Couples
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Resources and Decisions-Making in Households
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Domestic Violence
Part 2 – Childhood:
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Childhood as a Social Construct
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The Future of Childhood
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The Position of Childhood
Part 3 – Theories of the Family:
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The Functionalist Perspective on the Family
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The Marxist Perspective on the Family
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Feminist Perspective on Education
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The Personal Life Perspective on Families
Part 4 – Demography:
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Births
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Deaths
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The Ageing Population
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Migration
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Globalisation and Migration
Part 5 – Changing Family Patterns:
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Divorce
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Partnerships
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Parents and Children
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Ethnic Differences in Family Patterns
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The Extended Family Today
Part 6 – Family Diversity:
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Modernism and the Nuclear Family
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Postmodernism and Family Diversity
Part 7 – Families and Social Policy:
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A Comparative View of Family Policy
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Perspectives on Families and Social Policy
Crime and Deviance
Part 1 – Theories of Crime and Deviance:
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Functionalism, Strain and Subcultural Theories.
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Labelling Theory
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Marxist and Critical Criminologies
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Realist Theories of Crime
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Statistics and Patterns of Crime
Part 2 – Differences and Crime:
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Ethnicity and Crime
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Gender and Crime
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Social Class and Crime
Part 3 – External Factors and Crime:
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Globalisation, Human Rights, State and Green Crime
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Crime and the Media
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Control, Prevention and Punishment; Victims; the Criminal System
The Media
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The New Media
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Ownership and Control of the Media
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The Media, Globalisation and Popular Culture
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The Selection and Presentation of the News
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Media Representations of Gender, Sexuality and Disability
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Media Representation of Ethnicity, Social Class and Age
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The Relationship between the Media and their Content, Presentation and Audience
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Below you can find a PDF version of the contents as well as the AQA A-Level Sociology Specification.
An AQA A-Level Suitable Content Page, similar to the one above available for personal printing and download.
Contents and Specification
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Specification
AQA A-Level
The AQA A-Level Specification, which can be downloaded and used for further reference on what you should know to cover all the A Level Course (Year 1 and 2)