age 1 of 38
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>
Functionalist 4 functions .......Answer.........Creating social solidarity
Teaching skills necessary for work
Teaching core values
Role allocation + Meritocracy
Creating Social Solidarity .......Answer.........Durkheim- school
makes us feel like a part of something bigger
= sense of identity
,age 2 of 38
'School is a society in miniature' preparing us for wider society
Learning specialist skills for work .......Answer.........Durkheim-
advanced industrial economy requires massive + complies
divisions of labour
School teaches diverse skills (GCSEs allowing specialisation)
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)
,age 3 of 38
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
Functionalist Positive Evaluations .......Answer.........Identifies
education as an integral part of the social structure
Advanced industrial economies wouldn't function without
education- unis being specialised
Functionalist Negative Evaluations .......Answer.........Today schools
focus more on developing individual than teaching duties +
responsibilities (more about individual than solidarity)
, age 4 of 38
Marxists= transmits ruling class values
Research= role allocation isn't meritocratic
Those that fail reject school values, forming subcultures
Marxist 3 functions .......Answer.........Reproduces class inequality
Legitimates class inequality
Works in the interest of capitalist employers
Reproduction of class inequality .......Answer.........MC use material
+ cultural capital to get best schools, top sets
Wealthy= best education= MC jobs
WC= poorer education= WC jobs
Legitimisation of class inequality .......Answer.........'Myth of
meritocracy'- money determines how good your education is
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>
Functionalist 4 functions .......Answer.........Creating social solidarity
Teaching skills necessary for work
Teaching core values
Role allocation + Meritocracy
Creating Social Solidarity .......Answer.........Durkheim- school
makes us feel like a part of something bigger
= sense of identity
,age 2 of 38
'School is a society in miniature' preparing us for wider society
Learning specialist skills for work .......Answer.........Durkheim-
advanced industrial economy requires massive + complies
divisions of labour
School teaches diverse skills (GCSEs allowing specialisation)
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)
,age 3 of 38
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
Functionalist Positive Evaluations .......Answer.........Identifies
education as an integral part of the social structure
Advanced industrial economies wouldn't function without
education- unis being specialised
Functionalist Negative Evaluations .......Answer.........Today schools
focus more on developing individual than teaching duties +
responsibilities (more about individual than solidarity)
, age 4 of 38
Marxists= transmits ruling class values
Research= role allocation isn't meritocratic
Those that fail reject school values, forming subcultures
Marxist 3 functions .......Answer.........Reproduces class inequality
Legitimates class inequality
Works in the interest of capitalist employers
Reproduction of class inequality .......Answer.........MC use material
+ cultural capital to get best schools, top sets
Wealthy= best education= MC jobs
WC= poorer education= WC jobs
Legitimisation of class inequality .......Answer.........'Myth of
meritocracy'- money determines how good your education is
