AICE Sociology A Level

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Writing Guides and Handouts

Writing an A Level Essay

Theme 1: Sociology of Education

Sociologists look at education as an institution and as a process of interaction. The focus is on the influence of education on the larger society and the influence of educational systems on individual behaviors and identities.

Readings

Sociological Perspectives on Education

Bowles and Gintis: Schooling in Capitalist America (Revisited)Download
Howard Gardner: Theory of Multiple IntelligencesDownload
Jonsdottir and MacDonald: Regulation and Innovation: Stimulating Students’ Creativity and Thinking Through Innovation Education in IngunnarskoliDownload
Chien and Wallace: The Use of Bernstein’s Framework in Mapping School Culture and the Resultant Development of the CurriculumDownload
Carlie Warzel: (Editorial) How Much School Surveillance is Too Much? Download
marilyn Elias: The School to Prison PipelineDownload
Michael Young: Knowledge, Learning and the Curriculum of the FutureDownload
Michael Young: What are Schools For?Download
James Flynn: Massive IQ gains in 14 Nations: What IQ Test Really MeasureDownload

Links

American Sociological Association Journal of the Sociology of Education

Research and Theory Behind the Sociology of Education

Section 1: Theories about the role of Education

Theme 2: Global Development and Inequality

Readings

Wallerstein — The Rise and Future Demise of the World Capitalist System (1974)Download
Farrell and Newman — Weaponized Interdependence [Globalization and Surveillance]Download
James — Cosmos and ChaosDownload
Poulantzas — Classes in Contemporary Capitalism (1974)Download

Links

Global Inequality

Our World in Data

World Inequality Report

Center for Global Development

Brookings Global Development

Global Development Policy Center

John Perkins Blog

The Elders

International Women’s Forum

United Nations Global Development Organization

US Aid

The World Bank

Center for Global Development

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

The Gorbachev Foundation

This document offers an alternative to the mostly Eurocentric models of global development.

The Gandhian Model of Global developmentDownload
Farrell and Newman — Weaponized Interdependence: How Global Economic Networks Shape Coercion and SurveillanceDownload
James — Cosmos, Chaos: Finance, Power and ConflictDownload

The Media

Religion

Marx, Critical Theory and ReligionDownload

Review Information

A great review of the Social Construction of Reality