Unit 2
General Certificate of Education
Advanced Subsidiary Examination
January 2013
Sociology
SCLY2
Unit 2
Thursday 24 January 2013
9.00 am to 11.00 am
For this paper you must have:
an AQA 12-page answer book.
Time allowed
2 hours
A
Instructions
Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Examining Body for this paper is AQA. The Paper Reference is SCLY2.
This paper is divided into two sections.
Choose one section and answer all the questions in that section.
Do not answer questions from more than one section.
Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.
Information
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
The maximum mark for this paper is 90.
Questions carrying 12 marks or more should be answered in continuous prose. In these questions you will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
GK85146/Jan13/SCLY2
6/6/6
SCLY2
2
Choose either Section A or Section B and answer all the questions in that section.
Section A: Education with Research Methods
You are advised to spend approximately 50 minutes on questions
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You are advised to spend approximately 30 minutes on question
You are advised to spend approximately 40 minutes on questions
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to
1
0
6
0
4 .
5 . to 0
9 .
Total for this section: 90 marks
Education
Read Item A below and answer questions
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1
to
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4
that follow.
Item A
According to some sociologists, the main function of the education system is to reproduce and legitimise social inequalities. For example, they argue that schools systematically fail the majority of working-class pupils, whose destiny is to end up in the same kind of working-class jobs as their parents. This reproduces the class structure from one generation to
Advanced Subsidiary Examination
January 2013
Sociology
SCLY2
Unit 2
Thursday 24 January 2013
9.00 am to 11.00 am
For this paper you must have:
an AQA 12-page answer book.
Time allowed
2 hours
A
Instructions
Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Examining Body for this paper is AQA. The Paper Reference is SCLY2.
This paper is divided into two sections.
Choose one section and answer all the questions in that section.
Do not answer questions from more than one section.
Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.
Information
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
The maximum mark for this paper is 90.
Questions carrying 12 marks or more should be answered in continuous prose. In these questions you will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
GK85146/Jan13/SCLY2
6/6/6
SCLY2
2
Choose either Section A or Section B and answer all the questions in that section.
Section A: Education with Research Methods
You are advised to spend approximately 50 minutes on questions
0
You are advised to spend approximately 30 minutes on question
You are advised to spend approximately 40 minutes on questions
0
to
1
0
6
0
4 .
5 . to 0
9 .
Total for this section: 90 marks
Education
Read Item A below and answer questions
0
1
to
0
4
that follow.
Item A
According to some sociologists, the main function of the education system is to reproduce and legitimise social inequalities. For example, they argue that schools systematically fail the majority of working-class pupils, whose destiny is to end up in the same kind of working-class jobs as their parents. This reproduces the class structure from one generation to