TCE Sociology Level 3 Notes

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1. Culture, society and the language of norms, values, statuses and rolesModule 1 · Module 1 — Socialisation: Conformity and Deviance

   A – Socialisation

2. Forms and agents of socialisation, from primary to tertiaryModule 1 · Module 1 — Socialisation: Conformity and Deviance

   A – Socialisation

3. Social control and conformity: sanctions, internalisation and agencyModule 1 · Module 1 — Socialisation: Conformity and Deviance

   A – Socialisation

4. Functionalist, conflict, feminist and interactionist views of socialisationModule 1 · Module 1 — Socialisation: Conformity and Deviance

   A – Socialisation

5. Identity construction: Cooley's looking-glass self and Mead's stages of selfModule 1 · Module 1 — Socialisation: Conformity and Deviance

   A – Socialisation

6. Deviance as a relative concept: time, place, gender, culture, age and powerModule 1 · Module 1 — Socialisation: Conformity and Deviance

   B – Deviance

7. Durkheim's functions of deviance and Hirschi's social control theoryModule 1 · Module 1 — Socialisation: Conformity and Deviance

   B – Deviance

8. Labelling and differential association: Becker and SutherlandModule 1 · Module 1 — Socialisation: Conformity and Deviance

   B – Deviance

9. Structural strain, anomie and Merton's five adaptations; moral panic and crime patterns in CASModule 1 · Module 1 — Socialisation: Conformity and Deviance

   B – Deviance

10. What makes an institution? Robertson, Weber and competing interestsModule 2 · Module 2 — Institutions: Power and Politics

    Institutions, power and politics

11. Family forms, change since the Family Law Act 1975 and family policyModule 2 · Module 2 — Institutions: Power and Politics

    A – The Family

12. Theories of the family: functionalist, feminist, conflict and interactionistModule 2 · Module 2 — Institutions: Power and Politics

    A – The Family

13. Education: hidden curriculum, meritocracy, cultural capital and habitusModule 2 · Module 2 — Institutions: Power and Politics

    B – Education

14. Funding, retention and social reproduction in Australian schoolingModule 2 · Module 2 — Institutions: Power and Politics

    B – Education

15. Work in a knowledge society: sectors, casualisation and gendered workModule 2 · Module 2 — Institutions: Power and Politics

    C – Work

16. First and second media age: ownership, agenda setting and gatekeepingModule 2 · Module 2 — Institutions: Power and Politics

    D – Media

17. Stratification and power across family, education, work and mediaModule 2 · Module 2 — Institutions: Power and Politics

    Cross-institution themes

18. Interrelationships and change over time between institutionsModule 2 · Module 2 — Institutions: Power and Politics

    Cross-institution themes

19. Planning a 60-minute sociology essay: thesis, theories and evaluationModules 1–2 · Modules 1–2 — Essay and stimulus skills (Criterion 7)

    Essay construction

20. Using stimulus evidence without retelling it: linking data to theoryModules 1–2 · Modules 1–2 — Essay and stimulus skills (Criterion 7)

    Stimulus use