Why do we learn sociology?
‘Sociology is to reveal that which is hidden’ (Bourdieu). To build a world which is tolerant, equal, and just, we must learn to identify intolerance, inequality and injustice. The sociology curriculum at Ark Putney Academy aims to encourage students to be curious about the world and seek to unpack the way institutions are structured and the impact these structures can have on their lives and communities they are part of.
Head of Department
Ms F Harvey
Year 10
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Families - what effect does, marriage, childhood, death, and divorce have on family types and how they function? Education - how does class, gender and ethnicity affect educational attainment? |
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AQA Internal summative assessment Paper 1: Families & Education |
Year 11
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Crime and deviance - what causes crime? Why are men given longer prison sentences? Are crime rates rising? Stratification - is a person’s life chances affected by their gender, ethnicity, class or sexuality? |
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AQA Paper 1: Families & Education Paper 2: Crime & Deviance and Social Stratification |
Year 12
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Family & Households - what do Marxists, feminist and functionalists argue about family types? Why are family types changing so rapidly? Education - does class, gender and ethnicity affect educational attainment? Do internal factors such as subject choice or teacher labelling affect educational attainment? |
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AQA Internal summative assessment Paper 1: Education Paper 2: Family & Households |
Year 13
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The Media - why are young men scapegoated in the media? Does the media cause audiences to panic or do audiences have the power to ‘talk back?’ Crime and Deviance - is the social distribution of crime and deviance by ethnicity, gender and social class, including recent patterns and trends in crime bias? |
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AQA Paper 1: Education with Methods in Context Paper 2: Research Methods and Topics in Sociology; Family and Households and The Media Paper 3: Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods |