Sociology Year 10

Year 10 AQA GCSE Sociology (8192)	Topic(s)	Key content to be learned	Assessment
Autumn Term	Introduction to Sociology Research Methods Families Education	What is Sociology? The Key Features of Culture. Politics and Policy Research Design (Aims and Hypotheses) Pilot Studies & the Scientific Method. Practical Problems. Ethical Problems. Primary & Secondary Sources. Sampling How family forms differ in the UK and within a global context. The work of the Rapoports on family diversity. Different views of conjugal role relationships. The feminist perspective of Oakley on the idea of the conventional family Different views of the role and functions of education. The functionalist perspective of Durkheim on education as the transmission of norms and values and Parsons on achieved status and the operation of schools on meritocratic principles	In Class Assessments
Spring Term	Research Methods Families Education	Surveys. Questionnaires. Interviews. Observation. Case Studies. Longitudinal Studies. Ethnography. Experiments Changing relationships within families. How relationships within families have changed over time. The theory of the symmetrical family and the principle of stratified diffusion developed from the functionalist perspective of Willmott and Young. Different criticisms of families (isolation and unrealistic idealisation, loss of traditional functions, lack of contact with wider kinship networks, the status and role of women within families, marital breakdown, dysfunctional families). The work of Zaretsky on developments in families from a Marxist perspective and Delphy and Leonard’s feminist critique of families Different views of the correspondence principle on the relationship between education and capitalism as developed from a Marxist perspective by Bowles and Gintis. Factors affecting educational achievement. The work of Halsey on class-based inequalities and Ball on parental choice and competition between schools	In Class Assessments
Summer Term	Research Methods Families Education	Statistical Analysis. Application of Research Methods to the study of Families and Education Changes in the pattern of divorce in Britain since 1945 and the consequences of divorce for family members and structures Processes within schools affecting educational achievement. The work of Ball on teacher expectations and Willis on the creation of counter school culture	In Class Assessments PPE

Year 10 AQA GCSE Sociology (8192)

Topic(s)

Key content to be learned

Assessment

Autumn Term

Introduction to Sociology

Research Methods

Families

Education

What is Sociology? The Key Features of Culture. Politics and Policy

Research Design (Aims and Hypotheses) Pilot Studies & the Scientific Method. Practical Problems. Ethical Problems. Primary & Secondary Sources. Sampling

How family forms differ in the UK and within a global context. The work of the Rapoports on family diversity. Different views of conjugal role relationships. The feminist perspective of Oakley on the idea of the conventional family

Different views of the role and functions of education. The functionalist perspective of Durkheim on education as the transmission of norms and values and Parsons on achieved status and the operation of schools on meritocratic principles

In Class Assessments

Spring Term

Research Methods

Families

Education

Surveys. Questionnaires. Interviews. Observation. Case Studies. Longitudinal Studies. Ethnography. Experiments

Changing relationships within families. How relationships within families have changed over time. The theory of the symmetrical family and the principle of stratified diffusion developed from the functionalist perspective of Willmott and Young. Different criticisms of families (isolation and unrealistic idealisation, loss of traditional functions, lack of contact with wider kinship networks, the status and role of women within families, marital breakdown, dysfunctional families). The work of Zaretsky on developments in families from a Marxist perspective and Delphy and Leonard’s feminist critique of families

Different views of the correspondence principle on the relationship between education and capitalism as developed from a Marxist perspective by Bowles and Gintis. Factors affecting educational achievement. The work of Halsey on class-based inequalities and Ball on parental choice and competition between schools

In Class Assessments

Summer Term

Research Methods

Families

Education

Statistical Analysis. Application of Research Methods to the study of Families and Education

Changes in the pattern of divorce in Britain since 1945 and the consequences of divorce for family members and structures

Processes within schools affecting educational achievement. The work of Ball on teacher expectations and Willis on the creation of counter school culture

In Class Assessments

PPE