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hello, just wanted to ask if anyone knows what topics came up in paper 1 last year, i’m tryna work out most likely topics and i can’t find 2024 paper i think it isn’t released. also any predictions thanks.

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by georgezra34
hello, just wanted to ask if anyone knows what topics came up in paper 1 last year, i’m tryna work out most likely topics and i can’t find 2024 paper i think it isn’t released. also any predictions thanks.

hey there, so the 30 marker last year was on marxist views on education and both 10 markers were on girls/feminism. the 20 marker was on overt observation + subcultures

my biggest prediction is that the 30 marker this year will be on the impact of social policies on education (as it's never come up before). i've seen a few people say they think functionalism will come up instead but i don't think they'd make the 30 marker on structuralist theories two years in a row

i think expect something on ethnicity for the smaller questions - hasn't come up in a while

good luck!!

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by fallindownthepit
hey there, so the 30 marker last year was on marxist views on education and both 10 markers were on girls/feminism. the 20 marker was on overt observation + subcultures
my biggest prediction is that the 30 marker this year will be on the impact of social policies on education (as it's never come up before). i've seen a few people say they think functionalism will come up instead but i don't think they'd make the 30 marker on structuralist theories two years in a row
i think expect something on ethnicity for the smaller questions - hasn't come up in a while
good luck!!
hi thanks so much for the help! is paper 2024 online somewhere or 2023 i couldn’t seem to find them. also how likely do u think globalisation will come up as a 30 marker as i’ve seen loads of people suggesting that, but i feel like there’s such a limited amount of what one could say in a globalisation paper.

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by georgezra34
hi thanks so much for the help! is paper 2024 online somewhere or 2023 i couldn’t seem to find them. also how likely do u think globalisation will come up as a 30 marker as i’ve seen loads of people suggesting that, but i feel like there’s such a limited amount of what one could say in a globalisation paper.


If you search on student room for AQA Sociology A-Level paper 1 like chats there’s two where a link to a google classroom has been added, and if you join the classroom people have added the 2024 papers, the mark schemes and the examiner reports

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by georgezra34
hi thanks so much for the help! is paper 2024 online somewhere or 2023 i couldn’t seem to find them. also how likely do u think globalisation will come up as a 30 marker as i’ve seen loads of people suggesting that, but i feel like there’s such a limited amount of what one could say in a globalisation paper.

you can find the 2023 paper here:
https://revisionworld.com/a2-level-level-revision/sociology-level-revision/sociology-level-past-papers/aqa-level-sociology-past-papers

the 2024 paper hasn't been officially released to the public, but you can find it on last year's paper 1 forum if you do some digging lol

as for globalisation coming up, i definitely wouldn't rule out the possibility as of course anything is possible. saying that, i think it's unlikely since i don't think there are enough points to be made on the subject in relation to education for it to be considered for the 30 marker

plus, the last time globalisation came up in paper 1 (it was a 4 marker), the examiners' report said that the question was generally poorly answered. so idk if they'd be mean enough it set it for a 30 marker!

don't take my word as gospel though - again anything is possible!!

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by fallindownthepit
you can find the 2023 paper here:
https://revisionworld.com/a2-level-level-revision/sociology-level-revision/sociology-level-past-papers/aqa-level-sociology-past-papers
the 2024 paper hasn't been officially released to the public, but you can find it on last year's paper 1 forum if you do some digging lol
as for globalisation coming up, i definitely wouldn't rule out the possibility as of course anything is possible. saying that, i think it's unlikely since i don't think there are enough points to be made on the subject in relation to education for it to be considered for the 30 marker
plus, the last time globalisation came up in paper 1 (it was a 4 marker), the examiners' report said that the question was generally poorly answered. so idk if they'd be mean enough it set it for a 30 marker!
don't take my word as gospel though - again anything is possible!!

what was the 4 marker that came up on globalisation?

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by feveres
what was the 4 marker that came up on globalisation?


it was on globalisation influencing uk polices

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by feveres
what was the 4 marker that came up on globalisation?

'outline two ways in which globalisation may have had an influence on educational policies in the uk' - from the 2021 paper

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