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SOCIOLOGYWritten examination

Friday 9 November 2018 Reading time: 3.00 pm to 3.15 pm (15 minutes) Writing time: 3.15 pm to 5.15 pm (2 hours)

QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK

Structure of bookSection Number of

questionsNumber of questions

to be answeredNumber of

marks

A 8 8 40B 4 4 40

Total 80

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• StudentsareNOTpermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:blanksheetsofpaperand/orcorrectionfluid/tape.

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Materials supplied• Questionandanswerbookof24pages,includingassessment criteria for Section Bonpage24• Additionalspaceisavailableattheendofthebookifyouneedextrapapertocompleteananswer.

Instructions• Writeyourstudent numberinthespaceprovidedaboveonthispage.• AllwrittenresponsesmustbeinEnglish.

Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.

©VICTORIANCURRICULUMANDASSESSMENTAUTHORITY2018

SUPERVISOR TO ATTACH PROCESSING LABEL HEREVictorian Certificate of Education 2018

STUDENT NUMBER

Letter

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SECTION A – continued

SECTION A

Instructions for Section AAnswer all questions in the spaces provided.

Australian Indigenous culture

Use the following information to answer Questions 1 and 2.

Representation 1

Source: J Butler, ‘Triple J won’t do the Hottest 100 on Australia Day, moving it to new date’, The Huffington Post Australia, <www.huffingtonpost.com.au>, 27 November 2017

1Hottest 100 – 100 most popular songs/music as decided by listeners’ votes

Due to copyright restrictions, this material is not supplied.

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Question 1 (4marks)ReferringtoRepresentation1,identifythemajorissueanddescribetherelationshipbetweenthisissueandawarenessofAustralianIndigenousculture.

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Question 2 (6marks)ExplainhowtheresponsesinRepresentation1fromAustralianIndigenousandnon-Indigenoussourcessupportreconciliation.

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Ethnicity

Question 3 (4marks)Explainthedifferencebetweenthesociologicalconceptsofraceandethnicity.

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Question 4 (6marks)Whatisthepurposeofethicalmethodology?Inyourresponse,includeanexplanationofhowaspectsofethicalmethodologywouldbeappliedwhenresearchinganethnicgroup.

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Community

Question 5 (4marks)Describehowsociologistsdefinetheconceptofcommunity.Inyourresponse,refertothetheoryofFerdinandTönnies.

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Question 6 (6marks)Howcouldageographicalcharacteristicaffecttheexperienceofcommunity?Inyourresponse,refertotheexperienceofonecommunitythatyouhavestudiedthisyear.

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Social movements and social change

Use the following information to answer Questions 7 and 8.

Representation 2

Pets are no longer in the doghouse

Victorianrentersaresettohavegreaterrightswhenitcomestotheirpets.InOctober2017,theVictorianGovernmentannounced14rentalreforms in its Rent Fair package, includingmakingitharderforlandlordstobanpets.

The reforms came five months after theformationoftheMakeRentingFairCoalition(MRFC).TheMRFC,ledbyTenantsVictoria,includes over 70 organisations and 4000individuals, and aims to provideVictoria’s 1.5millionrenterswithbetterprotections.

TheMRFC developed a campaign seekingchanges to theResidential Tenancies Act.Thechanges,presentedasapolicyplatform,includedremoving‘noreason’evictionnotices,banningrentalbiddingandallowingpets.

Thecampaignispartofabiggermovementformorepet-friendlyrentalaccommodation,whichincludes the ‘KeepAustralia Pet Friendly’campaign championed by celebri ty vet DrChrisBrown.

TenantsVictoria CEOMark O’Brien says, ‘WeareveryproudthatsupportoftheMakeRenting Fair campaign over the past ninemonthshasdriventheVictorianGovernmentintherightdirection’.

Thecommunityresponsetothegovernment’sreformshasbeenhuge,withover800peoplewithin one week emailing their support, inparticularforthe‘petsarewelcome’promise,tovariousmembersoftheVictorianGovernment.

When launching the reforms,Minister forAgriculture Jaala Pulford stated, ‘No oneshouldhavetochoosebetweenthepettheylove andaplacetolive–ourreformswillendthisdiscrimination’.

However,noteveryonesupportsthereforms.TheRealEstate InstituteofVictoria (REIV)has set up the ‘Rentfair is Unfair’ onlinepetition,claiminglandlordsmaybenegativelyaffected by the changes. They allege somelandlordshavealreadystoppedrentingouttheirpropertiestoavoidpets.Fewerpropertiesonthemarketworsensthehousingaffordabilitycrisisbyreducingsupply,whichleadstohigherrents and to greater competition betweenrenters.

Theworkof theMRFCisnotdoneuntil thereformsarelegislatedinarevisedResidential Tenancies Act.

Sources:quotefromMarkO’Brien,TenantsVictoriamediarelease,8October2017, <www.tuv.org.au/media/media-releases/rental_fairness_package_oct2017>;

quotefromJaalaPulford,mediarelease,22May2018, PremierofVictoriawebsite,<www.premier.vic.gov.au/making-renting-fair-for-victorian-pet-owners>

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Question 7 (5marks)ClassifythesocialmovementinRepresentation2asalternativeorreformative.Justifyyourresponseusingevidencefromtherepresentation.

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Question 8 (5marks)ReferringtoRepresentation2,examinetwofactorsthatcontributedtothesuccessofthesocialmovementinachievingsocialchange.


SECTION B – Question 1–continued

SECTION B

Instructions for Section BAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.Yourresponseswillbeassessedaccordingtotheassessmentcriteriasetoutonpage24.

Question 1 (10marks)ExaminetwoAustralianIndigenousresponsestothehistoricalsuppressionofAustralianIndigenousculture.CommentontheeffectivenessofeachresponseinprotectingAustralianIndigenousculture.


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Question 2 (10marks)Analysehowbarriersandenablersinfluencetheexperienceofbelonging.Inyourresponse,refertoone ethnicgroupthatyouhavestudiedthisyear.


Question 3 (10marks)Explainwhyfeelingsofinclusionandexclusioncanvarywithinacommunity.Inyourresponse,refertoone communitythatyouhavestudiedthisyear.


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Question 4 (10 marks) Referring to one social movement, evaluate the degree to which the actions of the movement’s opposition have affected the ability of this social movement to achieve its goals.

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Extra space for responses

Clearly number all responses in this space.


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Ananswerbookisavailablefromthesupervisorifyouneedextrapapertocompleteananswer.Pleaseensureyouwriteyourstudent numberinthespaceprovidedonthefrontcoveroftheanswerbook.At the end of the examination, place the answer book inside the front cover of this question and answer book.


Assessment criteria for Section BTheextended-answerquestionsinSectionBwillbeassessedagainstthefollowingcriteria,asappropriate:• explanationandapplicationofsociologicalconcepts,theoriesandmethods• knowledgeand/oranalysisand/orevaluationofsociologicalexperience,perspectivesandchange• useand/orevaluationofarangeofrelevantevidence/sources• synthesisofevidencetodrawconclusions

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