Student’s Name: Instructor’s Name: Course Code: Date of Submission: The main sociological perspectives on education fall agreeably into the functional‚ conflict theory and a symbolic interaction approaches (Ballantine .W & Hammack . M77). Functional hypothesis stresses the purpose that education serves in gratifying a community’s various wants. Conceivably the most imperative function of education is socialization. If kids need to learn the customs‚ morals‚ and skills they require to
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There are many different perspectives in sociology. There are three main views that are used by almost all sociologists‚ though. These are the functionalist‚ conflict‚ and interactionist perspectives. The functionalist perspective emphasizes the way that parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability (Schaefer 13). Functionalism uses the macro-level approach. Macrosociology concentrates on large-scale phenomena‚ or entire civilizations (Schaefer 13). The functionalist approach
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Released in 1985 and directed by John Hughes ’ The Breakfast Club ’ is a film about teenagers that seem different on the surface but come to discover otherwise . When five students from different high school cliques are forced to spend their Saturday in detention‚ the brain‚ athlete‚ basket case‚ princess and the criminal together are faced with the question of who they think they are. The five characters put aside the ir dissimilarities in aid to survive the painful eight hour detention and in
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can be defined as the study of the “origin‚ development‚ organisation‚ and functioning of human society” (Dictionary.com). Within sociology‚ there are three main theoretical perspectives that help us to understand childhood. These are the functionalist perspective‚ the conflict perspective and the interactionist perspective. Firstly‚ functionalists believe that society is viewed as a “system of interconnected parts” that works collectively in order to sustain a sense of social balance within
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Saturday detention. The Breakfast Club gives viewers a first hand look at Gordon Allport’s Contact Hypothesis and it’s effect on high school students. The Contact Hypothesis is one of the best ways to improve conflict among inter and outer groups experiencing conflict and is exemplified throughout The Breakfast Club as the five students are forced to sit through a Saturday detention. The Contact Hypothesis is an important theory to understand before analyzing The Breakfast Club. The Contact Hypothesis
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Purpose of Paradigms and Theory Sociology has different ways of approaching the world and ideas in it ● Each one has its own assumptions‚ and own perspective on how to explain a particular social problem or phenomenon Theories are explained of the relationship between two or more concepts ● Theories provide a way for organizing facts about some phenomena ● Theory : A statements of how and why particular facts are related There are three major paradigms in sociology : ● Structural Functionalism
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Sociology is the study of people and society. It provides the people who study it with the knowledge to understand different social groups‚ and the roles of the social activities that take place within them. This knowledge allows people to see past the way in which we commonly understand our world‚ and see things in a more objective manner‚ making it easier to explain society in an unbiased way (Holmes‚ Hughes & Julian 2003:2). Different theories‚ viewpoints and social facts help us to achieve this
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of this story are the struggles we have experienced‚ the people we have associated ourselves with‚ and the lessons we have learnt along the way. Such can be said about my own life‚ and the lives of the characters from the Breakfast Club. The characters from the Breakfast Club that I feel most represent me are: Claire Standish (The Princess)‚ and Brian Johnson (The Brian)‚ and the one I feel least represents me is John Bender (The Criminal). Claire Standish is in my opinion a sophisticated individual
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The Breakfast Club- A Film Analysis The Breakfast Club is a gathering of high school students who go to a saturday detention each with a different reason to why they are there. Mr. Vernon gives them a basic task to do while they are in there. They must write an essay about themselves. Every individual has a smart thought of what the other is. Yet‚ as they argue and speak about reality‚ they realized they care for eachother more than at first sight. In The Breakfast Club‚ we are introduced five students
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The Breakfast Club Chanetta McFerguson Childhood April 28‚ 2013 Melissa Harper The Breakfast Club Cliques are groups of people with mutual interests and goals‚ who spend a majority of their time with each other. They can be found at every high school. The Breakfast Club is a movie that brings five students belonging to different cliques together in an unfortunate situation-detention. At the beginning of the movie‚ these five students appear to be very different people who have nothing
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