AQA A LEVEL SOCIOLOGY PAPER 1 (7192/1: Education With Theory And Methods) ACTUAL EXAM 2025/2026 || QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS <LATEST UPDATE>

AQA A LEVEL SOCIOLOGY PAPER 1 (7192/1: Education With Theory And Methods) ACTUAL EXAM 2025/2026 || QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS &lt;LATEST UPDATE&gt; 1. Archer et al - ANSWER focused on the interaction between working class pupil's indentities and school 2. Gillborn and Mirza - ANSWER Indian pupils do well in education despite english not being their first language 3. Murray - ANSWER high rate of lone parenthood and a lack of positive male role models lead to te underachievement of some minorities 4. Pyrce - ANSWER ethnic difference in education is a result of colanialism 5. Hastings - ANSWER White pupils may eventually become the most under-performing ethnicity 6. three main functionalist perspectives on education - ANSWER durkheim - social solidarity and learning specialist skills parsons - meritocracy davis and moore - role allocation 7. durkheim describes school as - ANSWER society in miniature 8. parsons describes school as acting as a - ANSWER bridge between family and wider society 9. davis and moore argue inequality is - ANSWER essential for making sure the most talented people get the best jobs 10. The new right theorists, chubb and moe - ANSWER state run education in the US has failed because its failed the needs of disadvantaged groups 11. Two main marxists theorists on education - ANSWER althusser - school is an ideological state apparatus which controls peoples ideas and vakues bowles and gintis - education produces an obedient workforce 12. 4 main education policies - ANSWER 1944 tripartite system 1988 national curriculum 2000 introduction of academies 2010 pupil premium 13. Allen - ANSWER Free schools only benefit those from educated families 14. Ball (2011) - ANSWER Fragmentation centralisation of control 15. Hall - ANSWER academisation is handing over public services to private capitalis Functionalist 4 functions - ANSWER Creating social solidarity Teaching skills necessary for work Teaching core values Role allocation + Meritocracy 16. Creating Social Solidarity - ANSWER Durkheim- school makes us feel like a part of something bigger = sense of identity 'School is a society in miniature' preparing us for wider society 17. Learning specialist skills for work - ANSWER Durkheim- advanced industrial economy requires massive + complies divisions of labour School teaches diverse skills (GCSEs allowing specialisation) 18. Teaching core values - ANSWER Parsons- 'focal socialising agency' for secondary socialisation Family= particularistic standards (rules adapted to suit unique abilities of child) School/wider society= universalistic standards (rules + laws applied equally) 19. Role Allocation + Meritocracy - ANSWER Education allocated people to most appropriate job role for their talents (exams/qualifications) Most talented allocated to occupations most important for society Fair= equality of opportunity 20. Arnot - ANSWER black boys are influenced by rap lyrics and MTV videos to become anti-school because they are expected to be ultra-ghetto 21. Evans - ANSWER Street culture in White working-class can be brutal and forces people to withstand intimidation and intimidate others. School can be an environment to show the power that someone has. 22. Lawrence - ANSWER criticises Pryce Black pupils don't under-achieve because of a weak culture or lack of self esteem but because of racism 23. Driver - ANSWER criticises cultural deprivation theory &gt;cultural deprivation theory ignores the positive effects of ethnicity on education  Carribean families are often single-parent maternal run families. 24. Material deprivation - ANSWER Lacking basic necessities due to poverty. 25. Cultural deprivation - ANSWER Inadequate socialisation in the home. 26. Material deprivation's effects on education - ANSWER 90% of failing schools are in deprived areas. Dpt of Education (2012) barely 1/3 of students eligible for free school meals achieve 5 or more GCSE's at A*-C. These students are more likely to be excluded and truant. 27. Effects of housing on educational achievement - ANSWER Direct - overcrowding makes it difficult for a child to study, disturbed sleep from sharing beds or rooms. Indirect - effects on health and welfare e.g. children in crowded house run a greater risk of having an accident. Cold or damp house leads to infections or illness. 28. Effects of diet and health on educational achievement - ANSWER Howard (2001) kids from poorer homes have a lower intake of energy, vitamins and minerals. Wilkinson (1999) kids from poorer backgrounds are more likely to have emotional/ behavioural problems. Blanden and Machin (2007) found children from poorer backgrounds more likely to engage in fights or temper tantrums. 29. University and social class - ANSWER Callender and Jackson (2005) w/c students more likely to see debt negatively. 30. Bernstein (1973) - ANSWER w/c students underachieve because they are socialised into a restricted language code whereas schools favour an elaborated language code which middle class students are socialised into. 31. Marketization - ANSWER process of introducing market forces of consumer choice and competition in education. 32. Bernstein and Young (1967) - ANSWER better educated parents have higher incomes and spend them on promoting education to their children, via educational trips or toys. 33. Douglas (1964) - ANSWER w/c parents place less value on education - less ambitious for their children and give them less encouragement. 34. Bourdieu (1984) - ANSWER cultural capital refers to the knowledge, tastes, language, attitudes and values of the middle class. 35. Gillborn and Youdell (2001) - ANSWER teachers label students based on stereotypical assumptions of their class worth, they also argue that labelling leads to a self fulfilling prophecy 36. Self-fulfilling prophecy - ANSWER Living up to your label. 37. Archer (2010) - ANSWER found pupils were creating 'Nike identities' by investing heavily in style to gain class worth. 38. Educational triage - ANSWER no hopers, those with potential, those who will pass anyway (Gillborn and Youdell). 39. Stephen Ball (1981) - ANSWER looked at abolishing streaming in schools & found when it was abolished anti-school subcultures were less likel to be created but teacher labelling continued. 40. Black family structure - ANSWER mostly headed by a single female parent. Murray (1984) argues financial difficulty and a lack of male role model leads to the children in these families being inadequately socialised and go onto fail at school. 41. Asian family structure - ANSWER Lupton (2004) argues that adult authority in Asian fams is similar to the way schools operate. Pryce adds that Asian kids are more resistant to racism so develop self-worth. 42. Wood et al (2010) - ANSWER Found evidence of discrimination in employment, he sent three closely matched application forms to 1,000 job vacancies using fictitious applicant names. Only 1/16 ethnic minority offered an interview compared with 1/9 white applications. 43. Ethnocentric curriculum - ANSWER Coard (2005) argues that school curriculum is enthocentric and based on white culture as Eng Lit is based of British lit, European history and foreign language studies ignore non European history and languages and Christianity is the curriculums central religion.