This document outlines key sociological concepts and terms related to the topics of family, education, and work. For family, it discusses different family structures and approaches to studying families, as well as trends over time including delays in marriage and increases in lone-parent families. For education, it examines functionalist and Marxist views and how education is organized in Britain from primary to higher education, as well as factors influencing educational achievement. For work, it defines different types of work and sectors, how work impacts life, and trends such as new flexible work patterns.
GCE Sociology Revision (AQA)- Unit 1 Changing Patterns and Family diversity (5)Haleema Begum
For AQA GCE Sociology Unit 1 Chapter 1 Revision. Print out as a handout, it is a good way to revision: associating the picture with the title allows you to fill in the info by your own associations. Application, Interpretation and Analysis tips are also included. All derived from the AS Sociology Revision Guide. Good luck!
GCE Sociology Revision (AQA)- Unit 1 Changing Patterns and Family diversity (5)Haleema Begum
For AQA GCE Sociology Unit 1 Chapter 1 Revision. Print out as a handout, it is a good way to revision: associating the picture with the title allows you to fill in the info by your own associations. Application, Interpretation and Analysis tips are also included. All derived from the AS Sociology Revision Guide. Good luck!
Slides made for Introduction to Sociology Course, Final Presentation.
This presentation discusses about the definition of marriage, types of marriage, endogamy exogamy, single parenting dual parenting and other aspects of family and marriage.
Respond to Peers Review your classmates’ posts, and respond to at l.docxcarlstromcurtis
Respond to Peers: Review your classmates’ posts, and respond to at least two of your peers. For one of your responses, choose someone who posted on a topic different from what you selected. Share alternate views, provide personal experiences as they relate to the topic, expand upon ideas, or provide questions to encourage further elaboration of the topic. Each response should be a minimum of 75 words.
#1 Antonio Champion
February 16, 2018
Topic #1: Los Jόvenes, el Matrimonio y las Casas
How do your family traditions compare with the Hispanic traditions described in your reading?
I will highlight the aspect of living in a large city. Many of my family members live in and around large cities. For example: Many of my family members live in Maryland and commute to Washington DC for work. This is similar to the Spanish people living in and near Madrid Spain. My family members that live in the city usually live in apartment buildings and commute using the Metro railway system to reduce their commute. With many people living in urbanized areas prices for homes become very expensive. This leads to people living outside the city and travelling to the city for work where wages are higher.
Do you have friends from other cultures with traditions similar to Hispanic traditions?
I have friends in Japan who utilize green technology. They rely on wind combines and solar panels for electricity. This protects the environment while driving costs down. This is similar to Spain who uses 30- 50 % wind electricity.
In your community, when do young people usually become independent? With the current economic situation and employment rates, is it easy or difficult to become independent?
In my community, independence comes at different ages. Mostly, independence starts after one graduates from high school. The current economic situation and employment rates may push the age for independence further right. As corporations and the world becomes greedy, we will need more education and post-secondary resources to gain independence.
Do you think it’s difficult for young people to become independent in the United States? What about in your city or state? Why or why not?
It is very difficult for young people to become independent. There are many opportunities such as the military that will allow you to gain independence at a younger age. But, for the most part this feat comes with a great challenge. Many jobs and careers with sufficient salaries require further education and experience.
Reference:
Heining-Boynton, A. L., & Cowell, G. S. (2013). ¡Anda! Curso elemental (2nd ed., Vol. 1) [Electronic version]. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.
#2 Andrea Richardson
In your family, what chores do the men do and what chores do the women do? Is there a fair distribution of workload? Why or why not?
Growing up it was my sister, and myself we had no brother, but I would notice my dad always did outside work ...
Slides made for Introduction to Sociology Course, Final Presentation.
This presentation discusses about the definition of marriage, types of marriage, endogamy exogamy, single parenting dual parenting and other aspects of family and marriage.
Respond to Peers Review your classmates’ posts, and respond to at l.docxcarlstromcurtis
Respond to Peers: Review your classmates’ posts, and respond to at least two of your peers. For one of your responses, choose someone who posted on a topic different from what you selected. Share alternate views, provide personal experiences as they relate to the topic, expand upon ideas, or provide questions to encourage further elaboration of the topic. Each response should be a minimum of 75 words.
#1 Antonio Champion
February 16, 2018
Topic #1: Los Jόvenes, el Matrimonio y las Casas
How do your family traditions compare with the Hispanic traditions described in your reading?
I will highlight the aspect of living in a large city. Many of my family members live in and around large cities. For example: Many of my family members live in Maryland and commute to Washington DC for work. This is similar to the Spanish people living in and near Madrid Spain. My family members that live in the city usually live in apartment buildings and commute using the Metro railway system to reduce their commute. With many people living in urbanized areas prices for homes become very expensive. This leads to people living outside the city and travelling to the city for work where wages are higher.
Do you have friends from other cultures with traditions similar to Hispanic traditions?
I have friends in Japan who utilize green technology. They rely on wind combines and solar panels for electricity. This protects the environment while driving costs down. This is similar to Spain who uses 30- 50 % wind electricity.
In your community, when do young people usually become independent? With the current economic situation and employment rates, is it easy or difficult to become independent?
In my community, independence comes at different ages. Mostly, independence starts after one graduates from high school. The current economic situation and employment rates may push the age for independence further right. As corporations and the world becomes greedy, we will need more education and post-secondary resources to gain independence.
Do you think it’s difficult for young people to become independent in the United States? What about in your city or state? Why or why not?
It is very difficult for young people to become independent. There are many opportunities such as the military that will allow you to gain independence at a younger age. But, for the most part this feat comes with a great challenge. Many jobs and careers with sufficient salaries require further education and experience.
Reference:
Heining-Boynton, A. L., & Cowell, G. S. (2013). ¡Anda! Curso elemental (2nd ed., Vol. 1) [Electronic version]. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.
#2 Andrea Richardson
In your family, what chores do the men do and what chores do the women do? Is there a fair distribution of workload? Why or why not?
Growing up it was my sister, and myself we had no brother, but I would notice my dad always did outside work ...
1. SOCIOLOGY KEY WORDS and CONCEPTS– AUTUMN TERM
FAMILY
• Nuclear family
• Extended family
• Lone parent family
• Reconstituted family
• Households
• Positive approach to family:
o Functionalist approach
Reproduction
Primary socialisation
Emotional gratification and nurture
Economic provision
o the New Right
• Negative approach to family
o The conflict approach
o The feminist approach
• Pre-industrial families
• Early industrial families
• Families in the twentieth century
• Symmetrical families and domestic division of labour
• Different forms of marriage
o Monogamy
o Polygamy
o Serial monogamy
• Separation
• “Empty shell marriage”
• Divorce - trends
o Changes in the law
o Changes in attitude
o Secularisation
o Media influence
2. • Changing trends in marriage
o People are getting married later
o Increase in cohabitation
o Decline in marriage rate
o Increase in births outside marriage
• Trend in families and households today
o Apparent decline of nuclear family
o Increase of lone-parent families
o Increase of reconstituted families
o Decline in fertility rate
o Increase in abortion increase in dual-worker families
EDUCATION
• Functionalist view
o Teaching skills and knowledge
o Selective role: meritocratic
o Socialisation role: teaching acceptance of rules and authority (agent of
social control – formal and informal)
• Marxist view
o Reinforcing the class system
o Selective role: no equal opportunities
o Socialisation role: reflects social control in the wider society
• The political role
• Official curriculum: formal learning
• Hidden curriculum: informal learning
o Hierarchy
o Competition
o Social control
o Gender role allocation
o Lack of satisfaction
• The education system in Britain
o Before 1870
o The 1870 Education Act
o The 1944 Butler Education Act
The tri-partite system
o 1965: the start of the comprehensive system
Why are comprehensives a good idea?
What are the problems with the comprehensive system?
3. Do comprehensives break down class barriers?
• How is the education system organised in Britain?
o Pre-school education
o Primary education
o Secondary education
o further and higher education
• Independent sector: private schools and public schools
o Low teacher-pupil ratio
o Better resources and facilities
o Academic culture (good results)
o High parental input (fees, expectations, support)
o Full immersion of staff and students in school life
• State schools
o Free
o More socially mixed
o May provide a route of upward social mobility
o No need to travel far for pupils
• Educational achievement
o Gender and single sex schools
o Why are boys achieving less than girls?
o Ethnicity
o Social class
o Naturenurture debate
o Parents’ expectation
o Material deprivation
o Cultural deprivation
o School and teachers’ judgements and expectations
Labelling
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Halo effect
o Streaming and sets
WORK
• What is work?
• Formal economy
• Informal economy
o Hidden
o Domestic
4. o Communal
• Is housework work?
• Why do people work in paid employment?
o Intrinsic satisfaction
o Economic motive
o Social contacts
o Status and identity
• Different types of employment
o Primary sector
o Secondary sector
o Tertiary sector (service work)
• How work affects non-working life
o Life chances
o Standard of life
o Family life
o Health
• Mechanisation
• Automation
• Deskilling and reskilling
• Alienation
o Lack of power
o Lack of meaning
o Isolation
o Lack of fulfilment
• Women at work
o Sex discrimination
o Vertical segregation
o Glass ceiling
o Invisible walls
o Triple shift
• Ethnicity and work
o Racial discrimination
• New work patterns
o Flexi work
o Short term work
o McJobs
• Retirement
• Trade unions
• Leisure