On AQA paper 1, there is a 30-mark essay on ‘Education’. This should take you approximately 45 minutes and should be written in paragraphs with a brief introduction and a clear conclusion. There are no specific rules about how many paragraphs to include, but in general, you are looking for a range of views, arguments and evidence to be discussed within your essay. There is an Item that comes with the question, which will give you ideas about what sort of debates you are expected to include, although your answer should go well beyond the Item. A good 30-mark essay will contain at least one contemporary example that is relevant to the question and lots of concepts that are used well or explained As a final point, the essay should flow and not read like a ‘shopping list’. In other words, the essay should not simply be a list of studies or theories that have been learnt and remembered and repeated.
There are three skills to demonstrate for this question.
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