4.2 Age and family life

Examines the social construction of childhood and changes in children's roles and social positions within the family.

Investigates the role and social position of grandparents in the family, including cross-cultural comparisons and the impact of changing life expectancy on the family.

Identifies social class, gender, and ethnicity as factors affecting children's experiences within the family.

Explores changes in the concepts of motherhood and fatherhood.

Paper 3 – Education

5 Education and society

Investigates education's contribution to social order, ideological control, and economic reproduction, linking to the key concept of Power, control, and resistance.

Examines the relationship between education and social mobility, discussing the extent to which educational achievement is determined by wider social forces.

Stimulates thinking about the key concepts of Inequality and opportunity and Structure and human agency.

5.1 Theories about the role of education

Functionalist views: How education contributes to value consensus and social solidarity.