1. AS Sociology
Nene Park Academy
AQA SCLY2: Education
with research methods

2. Topics covered:
Education
Class differences in achievement – external and internal factors
Ethnic differences in achievement
Gender differences in education
The role of education – functionalism and the New Right
The role of education – Marxism
Educational policy and inequality
Research methods
Experiments
Social surveys
Questionnaires
Interviews
Participant observation
Secondary sources
SCLY 2 is worth 60% of your final grade.

3. Reading list:
Gang leader for a day - SudhirVenkatesh
The Dispossessed' - Ursula Le Guin
Education and Society: Issues and Explanations in the Sociology
of Education - Rob Moore
The Education Debate (Policy and Politics in the Twenty-first
Century)- Stephen J. Ball
Student Support Materials for Sociology - AQA AS Sociology
Unit 2: Education with Research Methods- Martin Holborn Liz
Steel and Peter Langley
Sociology in Pictures - Research Methodsby Michael Haralambos
Sociology Themes and Perspectives AS and A-level Student
Handbook - Martin Holborn and Peter Langley
To Sir, with Love - E R Braithwaite
To Miss, with Love – K Birbalsingh
Social Animal - David Brooks
Newspapers
The Guardian
The Times
The Sunday Times
The Observer

4. Watching list:
Mockingbird don’t sing
Dangerous Minds
The Breakfast Club
Heathers
This is England
Dead Poets Society
Summer Heights High
The History Boys
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
American History X