This resource contains a word document containing everything students need to know regarding the “Family forms” part of the AQA GCSE Sociology specification. It contains the following information: The definition of a family and household The different types of family which exist in contemporary Britain The work of the Rapoports on family diversity, as well as evaluation The family life cycle in Britain Alternatives to the family e.g. commune, kibbutz, house shares etc. Family diversity in a global context

This resource contains a word document containing everything students need to know regarding the sociological perspectives on the family’s function for the AQA GCSE Sociology specification. It contains the following information: Explanation and evaluation of the functionalist view of the family, including Murdock and Parson Explanation and evaluation of the Marxist view of the family, including Zaretsky Explanation and evaluation of the feminist view of the family, including Delphy and Leonard

This resource contains a word document containing everything students need to know regarding family diversity in Britain for the AQA GCSE Sociology specification. It contains the following information: Relevant statistical information regarding the increase in family diversity Reasons behind these trends Relevant statistical information regarding the relevance of the nuclear family in contemporary British society An overview of how British media portrays the nuclear family

This resource contains a word document containing everything students need to know regarding the “Changing relationships within families” part of the AQA GCSE Sociology specification. It contains the following information: How relationships within British families have changed over time, including pre-industrial families (1600 to 1800), industrialised families (post 1800) and contemporary families Relationships between parents and children today Wilmott and Young’s research on the extended family in the 1950s Wilmott and Young’s principle of stratified diffusion Contemporary family related issues, including: The quality of parenting The relationship between teenagers and adults Care of the disabled and elderly Arranged marriage

This resource contains a word document containing everything students need to know regarding the "Criticisms of Families” part of the AQA GCSE Sociology specification. It contains the following information: The following criticisms of contemporary British families: Isolation Unrealistic idealisation Loss of traditional functions Lack of contact with wider kinship networks The status and role of women within families Marital breakdown Dysfunctional families

This resource contains a word document containing everything students need to know regarding conjugal roles for the AQA GCSE Sociology specification. It contains the following information: Joint and segregated conjugal roles The domestic division of labour in both traditional and contemporary British families Issues that impact on conjugal role relationships within the contemporary family, including decision making, money management, dual career families, childrearing and leisure activities Oakley’s feminist perspective on the idea of the conventional family Young and Wilmott’s account of the symmetrical family Marxist views on conjugal roles Feminist views on conjugal roles Functionalist views on conjugal roles

This resource contains a word document containing everything students need to know regarding divorce for the AQA GCSE Sociology specification. It contains the following information: The pattern of divorce in Britain since 1945 Reasons for the rise in divorce since 1945 The consequences of divorce for family members Marxist perspectives on divorce Feminist perspectives on divorce Functionalist perspectives on divorce

This resource contains a word document containing everything students need to know regarding marriage for the AQA GCSE Sociology specification. It contains the following information: Trends in marriage in Britain Causes of the decline in marriage The different types of marriage Marxist, feminist and functionalist perspectives on marriage

A mock paper 1 (Families and Education) for the AQA GCSE Sociology specification. The layout and content of the paper has been designed to mimic the style and structure of a real exam. All questions are worded similarly to those of past papers and where research has been used, this is authentic, mirroring that of AQA’s questions.

This resource contains a word document containing everything students need to know regarding gender and educational achievement for the AQA GCSE Sociology specification. It contains the following information: Trends of educational achievement based on gender Patterns of subject choice by gender Reasons for these subject choices External factors affecting gender and educational achievement Internal factors affecting gender and educational achievement

This resource contains a word document containing everything students need to know regarding the British education system for the AQA GCSE Sociology specification. It contains the following information: Trends of educational achievement based on ethnicity External factors affecting ethnicity and educational achievement Internal factors affecting ethnicity and educational achievement

This resource contains a word document containing everything students need to know regarding social class and educational achievement for the AQA GCSE Sociology specification. It contains the following information: The ways through which educational achievement is measured in Britain Patterns of educational achievement based on social class The work of Halsey, Heath and Ridge External factors affecting social class and achievement in Britain Internal factors affecting social class and achievement The work of Ball on parental choice and marketisation

This resource contains a word document containing everything students need to know regarding the British education system for the AQA GCSE Sociology specification. It contains the following information: The structure of the British education system The different types of schools in the UK An overview and arguments for/against private education Various alternative forms of education The history of educational reform in Britain

A mock paper 2 (Crime and Deviance and Social Stratification) for the AQA GCSE Sociology specification. The layout and content of the paper has been designed to mimic the style and structure of a real exam. All questions are worded similarly to those of past papers and where research has been used, this is authentic, mirroring that of AQA’s questions.

This resource contains a word document containing everything students need to know regarding the function of education for the AQA GCSE Sociology specification. It contains the following information: The functions of education The functionalist view of education Parson’s functionalist view of education Durkheim’s view of education The Marxist view of education Bowles and Gintis’ Marxist view of education The feminist view of education Willis’ account of the counter-school culture