Ten questions on the role of education, differential achievement, marketisation, the family and social change, changing household patterns and childhood…
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• A researcher, Dr Miller, observes that schools teach pupils to accept hierarchy and follow orders, which mirrors the structure of the…
• A school implements a system where students are placed into classes based on their perceived ability in Year 7. Sociologists often argue…
• Sociologist Pierre Bourdieu argues that middle-class students have an advantage in the education system because their home environment…
• A study by Professor Jones finds that students from lower-income families perform worse in exams due to a lack of quiet study space and…
• Since the 1988 Education Reform Act, schools in England have operated within a 'marketised' system. What is a key intended effect of this…
• Functionalist sociologists like Talcott Parsons argue that the nuclear family is the 'best fit' for modern industrial society. What is the…
• Feminist sociologists often criticise the traditional nuclear family for creating a 'dual burden' for women. What does this term describe?
• In England the proportion of couples living together without marrying has risen steadily, and lone-parent and reconstituted families now…
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