OCR A2 Sociology Student Unit Guide: Unit G674 Exploring Social Inequality and Difference

Summary:
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There are three sections to each guide:

Introduction - includes advice on how to use the guide, an explanation of the skills being tested by the assessment objectives, an outline of the unit or module and, depending on the unit, suggestions for how to revise effectively and prepare for the examination questions.

Content Guidance - provides an examiner's overview of the module's key terms and concepts and identifies opportunities to exhibit the skills required by the unit. It is designed to help students to structure their revision and make them aware of the concepts they need to understand the exam and how they might analyse and evaluate topics.

Question and Answers - sample questions and with graded answers which have been carefully written to reflect the style of the unit. All responses are accompanied by commentaries which highlight their respective strengths and weaknesses, giving students an insight into the mind of the examiner.

• A revision guide specifically written to meet the requirements of the unit
  

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• Features specimen questions and answers, together with examiner's comments
  

Table of Contents:
Introduction
How to use this guide
The A2 specification
Examinable skills
Study skills and revision strategies
The unit examination
Content Guidance
About this section
Patterns and trends of inequality and difference
Defining stratification
Defining and measuring social class
Patterns of inequality: social class
Sociological and theoretical explanations
Class formation and change
Theories of stratification and class inequality
Gender inequality
Ethnic inequality
Age inequality
Research methods
Exploring sociological research: essential concepts
Methodological issues and concerns
Ethical issues in research design
Methodological techniques: primary methods
Methodological techniques: secondary data
Questions and Answers
About this section
Paper 1 Cultural capital and social exclusion
Paper 2 Ethnic minority women and work
Paper 3 Vulnerable young men and employment

About the Author(s):
Steve Chapman teaches sociology at Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College in Leeds and is an experienced author.