Sociology AS unit 2 MAY 2012!! (AQA)

thank you i'll try doing that! but what mark out of 20 would you give this?

Thank you. Mark out of 20?

Is it possible, that would mean I would need to get a high A right? And how many UMS do i needa roughly get?

I'm resitting this exam and I'm currently in A2, what do people think will come up in the exam? Also, are there any topics I can almost completely disregard as they came up last time? I know with Crime and Divance there's a lot of topics, I therefore disregarded some that were on the previous paper as they wouldn't come up - I ended up getting an A for the paper. Is it advisable to do the same? If so, which ones?

Is Davis and Moore arguing the idea that we are allocated our roles due to our talents, that education is a proving ground to gain the qualifications for the demanding jobs. In my book it states its linked to social inequality..What has this got to do with social inequality ?

Bowles and Gintis argue the correspondance theory , does that mean depending on class , we will end up parallel to our parents jobs but also the fact that education mirrors the workplace. So the hidden curriculum prepares the working class for work , as they able to cope with boredom etc.

Yes, moreorless. The link to inequality is the idea it's functional - the "best qualified, hardest working" etc. get the highest status, best-paid, jobs. You could also link this to the idea of meritocracy - achievement in contemporary societies is based on what you can do, not who you know etc. (plenty of scope for evaluation there...).




Again, on the right lines. The argument is about class reproduction (how sons and daughters get to the same level as parents etc.). Education corresponds to demands of workplace and hidden curriculum is part of this reproduction process (through types of school - going to Eton gives upper class kids status etc. - to what happens in classroom). Could use this idea to criticise functionalist concepts of meritocracy etc.

Can someone help me with methods in context, dont know how to refer it back to item a?

That's really good! Well done

What came up in your paper? I am doing the unit 2 exam in May

Thanks

Well whilst talking about the method for example structured interviews , if the item A is on pupil attitudes and how its difficult to study their attitudes then you could state :
The limitation of the structured interviews on studying pupil attitudes according to the item suggests that pupils are less likely going to reveal their true emotions or attitudes due to the formality of the interview, however the use of more unstructured interviews could create more of a rapport with the students...
Dont copy what the item states fully ,use certain bits for your answer with quotes if you are going to take bits and expand on the answer.
Not really good at explaining lool.

when's the exam??