VCE SociologyPractice Examination 15

This paper covers

• Section A - short/medium answer across all four Areas of Study, several stimulus-based (a Closing the Gap data extract, an ASA-ethics scenario, a neo-tribes vignette, a forms-of-power source) [U3 AOS1 culture, sociological imagination, misconceptions & suppression; U3 AOS2 race vs ethnicity, othering, cultural hybridity, ethical method; U4 AOS1 Tonnies/Maffesoli, ICT, sense of community; U4 AOS2 movement types, stages, power, Chenoweth] - ~40 marks
• Section B - four 10-mark extended responses, one per AOS: changing awareness & the relationship between awareness and public views (U3 AOS1); belonging for the South Sudanese-Australian community (U3 AOS2); a roller derby league as a selected community (U4 AOS1); the disability rights movement and Chenoweth (U4 AOS2) - 40 marks
• Whole-course craft: precise definition and application of concepts/theories/methods, ethical methodology, and using/evaluating/synthesising evidence into reasoned conclusions - embedded across both sections

Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

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