To remember reasons for changes... use FLIRTS

•F Rise of Feminism

•L Law Changes

•I Rise of Individualism

•R Decline of Religion

•T Decline of Tradition

•S Social Changes

To remember the functions/roles

of the family... use CREEPS

•C Citizenship

•R Reproduction

•E Economic support

•E Emotional support

•P Primary S Socialisation

To remember the social factors that

influence people’s lives... use CARGO

•C Class

•A Age

•R Race

•G Gender

•O Other factors (religion, media etc) etc)

•

To remember the functions of education

... use All the Ssssss!

•S Secondary Socialisation

•S Social Solidarity / cohesion

•S Specialist Skills / Social mobility

•S Social Control

•S Sifting and Sorting

•

To remember the definitions/types of

poverty... use ARSE!

•A Absolute poverty

•R Relative poverty

•S Subjective poverty

•E Environmental poverty

To remember the main social issues tackled

by the Welfare State... use SQWIDI

•Sq Squalor - poor housing

•W Want - lack of money

•I Idleness - lack of work

•D Disease - ill health

•I Ignorance - lack of education

To remember the main ways in which

crime/deviance is ‘relative’ use PPPTTC

•P Person - WHO commits the act

•P Place - WHERE it is committed

•P Power - WHO sees it committed

•T Time - WHEN it is committed

•T Tradition - How far away from tradition

•C Culture - In which culture the act occurs

To remember the important features of

research methods use PROVE

•P Practicality - Is it do-able?

•R Reliability - Is it repeatable?

•O Objectivity - Is it bias free?

•V Validity - Is it TRUE?

•E Ethical concerns - have the rules of research been observed?

To remember the main aims of education

since 1997 use VOICE

•V Vocational Education

•O Overcoming Obstacles

•I Improving attainment

•C Choice, Competition, diversity

•E Equal opportunities

To remember the different types of family

diversity use CLOGS

•C Class, Cultural

•L Life Stage

•O Organisational

•G Generational

•S Structural, Sexual

To remember the different social systems use

SPLECT

•S Social

•P Political

•L Legal

•E Economic

•C Cultural

•T Technological

To remember the different issues that face

those researching education: LEAPS

•L Legal issues

•E Ethical issues

•A Access issues

•P Power and Status issues

•S Secondary Source availability and quality

To remember how to compare religious

organisations use MHWRAMCI

•M My Membership

•H House Hierarchy

•W Will Worship

• R Rot Ritual

• A And Attitude to wider society

•M Might Monopoly of the truth

• C Cave Commitment

• I In Ideology (right or left wing?)

To remember the key terms/ideas associated

with secularisation use PRDS + GITDS

• P Participation

• R Religious Pluralism

•D Disengagement / differentiation

• S Secularisation of Religious Institutions

•G Generalisation

• I Individuation

• T Transformation

•D De Sacrilisation /Disenchantment

To remember the key areas of agreement between New Right and Functionalists

regarding Education, use... MTVS

•M Meritocracy

•T Talents

•V Vocational Education

•S Secondary Socialisation

To remember the key areas of DISagreement between New Right and Functionalists

regarding Education, use... USA

•U Universalism

•S State interference

•A Accountability

To remember Parsons’ Functional

Pre-requisites use... A G I L

• A Adaptation

• G Goal Attainment

• I Integration

• L Latency

Use sociological vocabulary

Give examples to illustrate the points you have

identified

In 12 mark answers - provide a range of

views - explore the debate!