Carrying out research by field experiment means the researcher can allocate pupils into high streams and low streams and measure the effect. This means that the sociologist can compare the higher and lower streams and look at the impact on how to sets have. This will let the sociologist see if streaming actually makes a difference between achievements. Setting up and carrying out the field experiment is quick and easy because nearly all schools have streaming. This means that the sociologist can
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4. Using material from item A and elsewhere‚ assess the claim that the main aim of education policies in the last 25 years has been to create an education market. (20 marks) In the past 25 years‚ many sociologists have stated that the main purpose of the educations system was to create an education market. Stated in item A‚ was stated that many policies such as league tables and open enrolments were introduced to help create the education market. Item A also suggests that others may take a different
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Some would argue that the education system mainly exists to select and prepare students for their future work roles and careers. Marxists believe that the education system’s role is the ideological apparatus of the state; it spreads ruling-class ideology and favours the middle class. Marxists such as Althusser‚ Bowels & Gintus and Bourdieu disagree with this statement as they argue working class children get a second class education compared to middle class and are given an unrealistic expectation
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‘The global economy has moved on from the Asian Tigers; the present and the future of the global economy now lie elsewhere.’ To what extent do you agree with this statement? (40 marks) The Asian Tigers‚ consisting of Hong Kong‚ South Korea‚ Singapore and Taiwan‚ were the second group of countries to develop after World War II‚ with the first being Japan. The Asian Tigers were able to develop due to a combination of comparative advantages‚ including partially existing developed levels of infrastructure
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Today we have a number of sociological views and approaches‚ which have agreed changes have taken place in gender roles and relationships within families to make them more equal. However many others sociologist criticise the nature of those changes. Some argue there has been a greater equality within modern family life and others say it is simply exaggerated. In my essay I going to assess these views through domestic labour‚ paid work‚ decision making and domestic violence in couples and try to conclude
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While it has been a costly endeavor‚ space exploration has produced substantial rewards. Many of the radical technological advancements that we take for granted today were the by-product of the race to explore space. Cellular phones and satellite television are just two of these notable achievements. Search for Other Life Forms Space exploration offers the opportunity to potentially discover other life forms. Reasons for the importance of this are not confined to the mere satisfaction of people’s
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"Moral wisdom seems to be as little connected to knowledge of ethical theory as playing good tennis is to knowledge of physics" (Emrys Westacott). To what extent should our actions be guided by our theories in ethics and elsewhere? The question is with regards to whether moral reasoning is more accurate compared to the -theory-based knowledge of science. I think that ethical theory should be used for our moral conduct while the sciences should be used in other areas of knowledge instead. Thus
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Written in 1918 March‚ Owen’s poem Insensibility explores exactly that‚ and how it exists in various form at War. He opens with the suggestion that the only ones who die happily are the ones who become unaffected by the harsh realities of War. They no longer are phased by the bones that they walk all over of their fellow comrades‚ they fail to show empathy for those around them and they cannot even bring themselves to make jokes to try and lift the spirits of themselves and their friends. This is
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“I am living while I ’m living to the father I will pray‚ only he knows how we get through every day‚ with all the hike in the price‚ arm and leg we have to pay‚ while our leaders play…” Myrie et al (1995‚ track 5). This song “Untold Stories” sung by Mark Anthony Myrie‚ 1973‚ popularly known as ‘Buju Banton‚’ a powerful Jamaican dancehall‚ ragga‚ and reggae musician. He has also recorded Pop and Dance songs‚ as well as songs dealing with political topics. Banton is politically outspoken and highly
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Shelley chose to allow Frankenstein to narrate his own tale for several reasons. For example‚ a direct effect of this first person narrative is that it lets the reader into the inner thoughts of the main protagonist. This allows us to pass judgement on the choices he makes‚ the explanations he gives for them and the general way in which he considers his actions and comes to justify them. However‚ in fitting with the gothic genre of the novel‚ the decision on whether or not to sympathise with Frankenstein
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