S/S/150. Adequate Yearly Progress of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) Policy

The paper examines the US Congress Act of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) discussing its regulations, the assessment of their implementation by Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements, the success of the NCLB over the past years, and the shortcomings of AYP assessments. The alternative policy stipulated by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is discussed

C/S/79. Are students' extra-curricular activities related to their status?

The paper examines the club/society and extra-curricular activities of home/EU and International students at UEA to identify the relationship between these activities and students' status. The methods of cross-tabulation are used.

C/EC/31. Funding and Post-Compulsory Education and training

The paper examines the reforms in post-16, post-compulsory education analyzing how they have reflected the New Labour's ideas about social justice and social inclusion. The Government's (1999) White Paper "Learning to Succeed" is discussed showing that the costs of further education affect individuals from poorer social backgrounds harder than those from richer and higher social backgrounds.

S/S/138. Analyse some of the social class and cultural consequences of social class upon the everyday experiences of people

The paper examines the concept of social class reviewing its definitions, discussing class-identification criteria, the role of education for a person's status and class position in society, the changes in the UK class system, etc. Academic literature on the theory of social class is reviewed.

C/S/63. Critically analyse the following statement: 'The History of Women's role and position in society in the 20th Century has shown that Education has been a participant in both the promotion and prevention of women having full access to the full benefits of society'

The paper examines the role and position of women in the UK during the 20th century discussing how education was promoted and how it prevented women from engaging in the full benefits that society offered during that period of time.

S/S/132. According to Ravenstein's Laws of migration, to what extent do distance and gender affect the migrations of high school students to International school of Singapore?

The paper examines the effects of distance and gender on the international migrations of high school students to International school of Singapore (ISS). The ideas of E.G.Ravenstein about the laws of migration are reviewed. Research is conducted among the students who came to study in Singapore, using primary methods of data collection through questionnaires and interviews.

E/EC/22. With Particular Reference to the Functionalist and Marxist Perspectives Outline the functions of Education. How Might Social class, Ethnicity and Gender Affect Someone’s Educational Attainment?

The paper examines the role of education in contemporary society reviewing theorists’ opinions about education and discussing the functions of education from the Marxist perspective, the influence of social class on educational attainment, etc.

P/S/148. Problems of unsafe sex among British youngsters

The paper addresses the problem of unsafe sex and sexually transmitted infections (STI) among youngsters. Academic and statistical approaches to teenage pregnancy and STI spread in the UK are reviewed. A case study is conducted among British University undergraduate and post-graduate students using primary data collected through a questionnaire. Conclusions are made about the causes of unsafe sex.

S/S/49. Education and society: Drawing on your own experience of secondary schooling and on relevant sociological literature, critically explore the relationship between the official school, the informal school and the physical school in constructing gendered pupil identities

This report looks at the school as an institution, with its historically reproduced roles, routines, expectations, relationships and rewards and its deployment of artifacts, resources and space, actively shapes what happens within it, for all its inhabitants. Gender is pervasively and powerfully implicated in this shaping as this paper seeks to explore in terms of gendered identities. The context in which schools use gender socialization mechanisms to select pupils and allocate them to particular roles in life will be critically analysed in terms of the official, informal and physical school. Finally the writer’s individual schooling experiences at Tomlinscote comprehensive school will be drawn upon to provide illustrations that the informal school dominates the construction of gendered pupil identities.

P/EC/19. Educational systems in Britain and USA in the context of social mobility

The paper examines the correlation between education and social mobility providing definitions of social mobility, comparing educational systems of Britain and the United States, reviewing the theory of human capital, discussing the linkage between education and occupation, meritocracy in education, development of educational opportunities in the second part of the 20th century in Britain and the USA, etc.

P/S/83. Economics of education in China: gender issues

The paper aims to investigate the problem of gender discrimination in the Chinese labour market focusing on the economics of education. An extensive review of literature touches upon the rates of return on education, economic reforms and the role of education in China, social position of women in education, etc. Research methods are based on the Mincerian earnings equation, analysis and interpretation of statistic data. The rates of return on education are discussed along the lines of gender, age, geography and the level of education.

P/S/68. Child rearing in cross-cultural context

The paper looks at the differences in child rearing in various countries. A brief survey of literature on the subject is presented showing the dependence of child rearing on the culture expectations related to the gender of the child and his or her social roles. The impacts of caregivers attitudes and values on the child are acknowledged.

P/S/14. 'Old' and the 'New' Approaches to the Sociology of Education

This paper aims to outline and discuss the ways in which post-modern writers have challenged both the 'Old' and the 'New' Approaches to the Sociology of Education.

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