Sociology AS unit 2 MAY 2012!! (AQA)
Sociology discussion, revision, exam and homework help.
-
- Reputation:
- Thread Starter
- Full Member
- Posts: 123
Sociology AS unit 2 MAY 2012!! (AQA)Couldnt find a thread for this so im gonna have to make one myself eh!
Right, how's everyone doing with socio revision for May? I have absolutly no idea whats likely to come up for this exam (unit 2 aqa) sooo any suggestions, theories, hunches would be very much appreciated!
Official stats and personal documents, postal questionnaires, unstructured/structured interviews, gender differences and achievement, marxism, social class differences and achievment, lab experiments, government policies and education - HAVE ALL COME UP! (from june 2009 to jan 2011 past papers)
What do you guys think is more likely to come up this time? xox -
- Reputation:
- Respected Member
- Posts: 211
Re: Sociology AS unit 2 MAY 2012!! (AQA)i heard ethical issues is likely to come up(Original post by ChooChooCherry)
Couldnt find a thread for this so im gonna have to make one myself eh!
Right, how's everyone doing with socio revision for May? I have absolutly no idea whats likely to come up for this exam (unit 2 aqa) sooo any suggestions, theories, hunches would be very much appreciated!
Official stats and personal documents, postal questionnaires, unstructured/structured interviews, gender differences and achievement, marxism, social class differences and achievment, lab experiments, government policies and education - HAVE ALL COME UP! (from june 2009 to jan 2011 past papers)
What do you guys think is more likely to come up this time? xox -
- Reputation:
- Thread Starter
- Full Member
- Posts: 123
Re: Sociology AS unit 2 MAY 2012!! (AQA)do u know for what topic though?(Original post by omgg)
i heard ethical issues is likely to come up -
- Reputation:
- Respected Member
- Posts: 211
Re: Sociology AS unit 2 MAY 2012!! (AQA)i've got the question paper, but not electronically(Original post by samfreak)
anyone got the sociology unit 2 january 2012 qp and ms? -
- Reputation:
- Thread Starter
- Full Member
- Posts: 123
Re: Sociology AS unit 2 MAY 2012!! (AQA)could u maybe type the questions up for us please? that would be so helpful!! <3(Original post by omgg)
i've got the question paper, but not electronically -
- Reputation:
- Respected Member
- Posts: 211
Re: Sociology AS unit 2 MAY 2012!! (AQA)1) what is meant by the term meritocracy(Original post by ChooChooCherry)
could u maybe type the questions up for us please? that would be so helpful!! <3
2) suggest three factors within schools that may lead to educational under-achievement of pupils from some minority ethnic groups
3) outline some of the reasons for gender differences in subject choice
4) using item, asses importance of cultural factors in causing social class differences in educational achievement
5) using item, asses strengths and limitations of using one of following methods for investigating applications and admissions to secondary schools. (the methods are documents OR official statistics)
6) explain what is meant by the hawthorne effect
7) suggest 2 problems of covert participant observation
8) identify 2 sampling techniques used by sociologists in thier research
9) examine the advantages for sociologists in using unstructured interviews in thier research
phewww! thats the questions for education and methods
-
- Reputation:
- Benevolent Member
- Posts: 775
Re: Sociology AS unit 2 MAY 2012!! (AQA)Hiya guys! How is it going? I've finished functions of education, and policies. probably will go onto different educational achievment by the end of this week, and have been studying research methods along side this! phew!
Hope everyones revision is going awesome!! -
- Reputation:
- Respected Member
- Posts: 164
Re: Sociology AS unit 2 MAY 2012!! (AQA)I got a B too! Are you retaking?(Original post by samfreak)
i got a B, i raw mark off an A! -
- Reputation:
- Respected Member
- Posts: 164
Re: Sociology AS unit 2 MAY 2012!! (AQA)That's really good! Well done(Original post by Joey952)
I really need to do well on this paper, was predicted a C for january got an A was chuffed. -
- Reputation:
- Respected Member
- Posts: 164
Re: Sociology AS unit 2 MAY 2012!! (AQA)Good luck x(Original post by Just Josh)
+1 to the re-takers for this exam. Screwed this up last summer. Yet to really start main revision for it. Gotta get an A...
