CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination® CAPE® SOCIOLOGY SYLLABUS Effective for examinations from May–June 2014 CXC A27/U2/13 Published by the Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted in any form‚ or by any means electronic‚ photocopying‚ recording or otherwise without prior permission of the author or publisher. Correspondence related to the syllabus
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THE COMMONWEALTH CARIBBEAN/BRITISH CARIBBEAN is the term applied to the English- speaking islands in the Carribbean and the mainland nations of Belize (formerly British Honduras) and Guyana (formerly British Guiana) that once constituted the Caribbean portion of the British Empire. This volume examines only the islands of the Commonwealth Caribbean‚ which are Jamaica‚ Trinidad and Tobago‚ the Windward Islands (Dominica‚ St. Lucia‚ St. Vincent and the Grenadines‚ and Grenada)‚ Barbados‚ the Leeward
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In this report I will precede to examine the advantages and disadvantages of the 1988 Conservative Education Reform Act and the 1997 New Labour Education Reform. I will discuss the effectiveness of each reform and I will elaborate on the implications for pupils and society. The 1988 Conservative Education Reform Act established the National Curriculum‚ the main advantage as cited in Haralambos & Holborn‚ (2000)‚ was that it set a consistent standard across the country‚ in an attempt to promote
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(Thomas‚ 2009) This essay will discuss sociology within the confines of education and examine the role educational institutions play in the development of a society. The above illustration will act as a visual stimulus for this purpose‚ setting a sociological context through which this assignment will be conducted. Theories of habitus‚ social capital and social reproduction with regard to education will be examined. Central to the theory of social reproduction are a number of key characteristics
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INTRODUCTION Sociology of Education deals with the study of how social institutions and forces affect educational process and outcomes‚ and vice versa. But by many education is understood to be a means of over coming handicaps‚ achieving greater quality and acquiring wealth and status for all (sergeant 1994) learners may be motivated by aspirations for progress and betterment. DEFINITION OF TERMS SOCIOLOGY: it is a Latin word Socius meaning “Companion” and Ology a Greek word meaning “Knowledge”
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sacrifices to work hard in present time. Then reap the rewards later on in life – Practised by the middle class | Fatalism | This is the belief that ‘Whatever will be‚ will be’ WC children do not believe they can improve their position within education through their individual efforts as its fate. | Collectivism | This is the value of being a part of a group mroe than succeding as an individual. | Present Time Orientation | This is seeing the present as more important than the furture and
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Sociology of Education A functionalist view is that education prepares children for their role in society. The view suggests that the education system is meritocratic with each pupil having an equal opportunity to succeed‚ and students who are the most hardworking will achieve the best grades. Functionalists suggest there are three main objectives of the education system. One function is to provide secondary socialisation in addition to the family’s role of primary socialisation. Through a formal
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Business and management teacher support material SL written commentary—Sample 1 Business & Management (SL) IA: Sample 1 Commentary on: “Can Ford’s ‘Way Forward’ strategy work to rescue the company? Candidate Name: Candidate Number: Word Count: 1‚497 © International Baccalaureate Organization 2007 1 Business and management teacher support material SL written commentary—Sample 1 Contents Contents Introduction Commentary 1 Commentary 2 Commentary 3 Conclusion Bibliography
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Clam Populations in Canada A study of a Clam Population and its Possible Future Population Size from 2012-2016. Introduction The first balanced marine aquarium‚ was created by Anne Thynne‚ in 1846; maintained strong corals and seaweed species for three years. Since then‚ the aquarium has become customary within pisciculture industries‚ tourism and domestic households‚ and has enabled the production of fish species to be harvested for commercial use‚ through the arrival of larger industrial
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AS Sociology Assignment 8 a) Educational triage is where schools sort people into different groups‚ determining which pupils will fail and pupils who will pass. They then focus on the pupils with potential to pass in order to improve the schools’ exam league table position. b) The pro-school subculture is where pupils placed in high streams tend to remain committed to the values of the school and gain status through academic success. Anti-school subculture where pupils placed in low streams
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