AQA Sociology Unit 1 17/05 & Unit 2 23/05 - Official Thread 2016

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was anyone else expecting a much more difficult education paper???? given me lots of hope for the family paper

Yeah I love education and I thought the paper was a really good one! Well apart from the timing...
I'm scared for family though there's so much more content!!

Reply 601

BaileyDell

Original post by lucycxox

was anyone else expecting a much more difficult education paper???? given me lots of hope for the family paper

I was also expecting the questions to be harder, lets just hope the family paper is the same then! :smile:

Reply 602

Bubbles98

Help! I know the papers don't count towards our final a level grade only next years does but can anyone tell me how many papers we sit next year?

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kateoo

Original post by Bubbles98

Help! I know the papers don't count towards our final a level grade only next years does but can anyone tell me how many papers we sit next year?

i heard it was 4 but i dont know

Reply 604

Bubbles98

Original post by kateoo

i heard it was 4 but i dont know

Some people have told me 3 and some told me 5!! Lol idk?

Reply 605

thevamps99xo

The 20 marker on education was A M A Z I N G. Think that saved me a bit :redface:

let's hope families and households is as decent as education...

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Reply 606

kateoo

For the 10 mark question i wrote about social solidarity (durkheim) and it socialising children into societies norms (parsons) but then criticised them both with a marxist view linking to how they think of the function of school is that still right??

Reply 607

kateoo

Original post by Bubbles98

Some people have told me 3 and some told me 5!! Lol idk?

lets pray its not 5 haha

Reply 608

Workangel_24

Original post by kateoo

lets pray its not 5 haha

The spec says its 3 exams next year.

Reply 609

username2069797

Original post by Workangel_24

The spec says its 3 exams next year.

Yep:
4.1 Education with Theory and Methods
4.2 Topics in Sociology (e.g. Families and Households)
4.3 Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods

Reply 610

nickg15b

Original post by xxvine

I thought it would be nice to start a thread on anybody doing these exams...as I can't see any thread for the AS Units!!!!

Original post by night_chxnnels

I have my mock exams next week and I'm a bit worried about socio!!

Original post by LenniesRabbit

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Reply 611

hsgta123

Original post by soshi37

Just re-replying as didn't do it properly first time!
I did SCLY 1 Poverty unit this morning, did you find it ok, I was happy at the time, but can think of things I did wrong now :frown:

But, thinking positive :smile:

What were the questions? x

Reply 612

purplebecca98

Next year there's three papers: Education and theory and methods; topics in sociology (Fam. and households and an optional from second year, for me it's mass media); crime and deviance and theory and methods

Reply 613

Bubbles98

Original post by Workangel_24

The spec says its 3 exams next year.

Thanks

thats a relief some of my classmates also thought it was 5!

Reply 614

Rachypoox

Is anyone elee confused about families? What kind of questions could they ask you about couples, everything in this textbook relates back to them becoming more equal and im not sure how to structure that for a 20 mark ?

Reply 615

Bubbles98

Original post by Rachypoox

I'm not sure but maybe they could ask something like assess the view couples are becoming more equal??

Reply 616

haes22

Has anyone got the mark scheme for yesterdays AS paper on education?

Reply 617

username2069797

Original post by Bubbles98

I'm not sure but maybe they could ask something like assess the view couples are becoming more equal??

Yeah, you'd structure it like this:
Couples are becoming more equal - functionalists (march of progress view); policies and laws; maybe liberal feminists
Couples aren't becoming more equal - radical feminists; maybe postmodernists (though they don't think they're not equal, they think we should look at the meanings couples give to the division of labour, etc.)