AQA A Level Sociology Education Quizzing Sheets

This document is designed to support students revise the education topic. It is carefully structured around each section of the AQA Sociology specification, making it easier for students to identify what they need to know and how they will be assessed. The document lists the key concepts with definitions, the main sociologists with links to a concept and evaluation.

Topics Covered:

• Differential Educational Achievement: Analysis of how social class, gender, and ethnicity influence educational outcomes, with evaluation of key explanations.
• Internal Factors in Education: Examination of school-based relationships and processes, linked to social class, gender, and ethnicity, including evaluative content.
• Functions of the Education System: Overview of key sociological perspectives—Functionalism, the New Right, Marxism, Feminism, and Postmodernism—and their views on the role of education.
• Educational Policy and Globalisation: Evaluation of policies relating to selection, marketisation, privatisation, and efforts to promote equality. Includes analysis of globalisation’s impact on educational policy and practice.

This resource is fully aligned with the AQA specification and teaching guide, and it incorporates sources from AQA’s recommended contemporary reading list to ensure relevance and academic rigour. Of the students who used this booklet, 86% achieved grades A–B, with a 100% overall pass rate.