Critically evaluate the functionalist perspective on education (20 marks) Functionalist’s perspective on education is based on the consensus theory of equality. They tend to believe that education helps to maintain society by socialising young people with the value of achievement‚ competition and equality of opportunity. Education also teaches the skills to help the economy. For example‚ literacy‚ numeracy and IT for particular occupations. Role allocation is all part of this; education allocates
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Abstract Anger is often a difficult emotion to express and understand and it has come to be recognized as a significant social problem that our society facing today. This paper discusses the efficacy of the Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and the Emotion-focused therapy (EFT) for treating patient with anger problems and compared therapists’ view on emotion which how they see emotion as the prime mover in human experience in different ways respectively. Besides‚ the development‚ overview and the
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Who was a better lead singer front man‚ Bon Scott of AC/DC or Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath? Bon Scott was a far better lead singer front man than Ozzy. Bon Scott is the embodiment of hard rock and most people will enjoy listening to his and AC/DC’s music at least once in their lives. Ozzy Osbourne’s music is a lot darker than AC/DC’s and people feel nervous‚ and quite a bit on edge when they see him perform. First of all‚ Bon Scott was the man who brought AC/DC into sharp focus. Bon gave AC/DC
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Emotion Recognition in Children with Autism Numerous of studies have been conducted with Autism Spectrum disorder‚ probably the most common research conducted with autism is emotion recognition. Most autistic individuals‚ especially children‚ have trouble recognizing others’ emotions. Most of these researches that have been conducted have used the six basic emotions. The research article I chose “The ‘Reading the Mind in Films’ Task: Complex Emotion and Mental State Recognition in Children with
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“In the work of such philosophers as Peter Singer‚ it seems merely to be assumed that the virtues of an intellectual theory‚ such as economy and simplicity‚ translate into a desirable rationality of social practice. That represents a Platonic rationalism of the most suspect kind”(Sunstein‚ 2004). Peter Singer‚ a wrold renowned animal rights activist travels to New York‚ and walks around 5th Avenue‚ which has high-end‚ boutique stores‚ for luxury shopping‚ and raises the question‚ is their something
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equality in his paper ‘All Animals are Equal’ deserves to be taken more seriously than it often is. What I try to do is identify Singer’s essential argument and then defend it against some objections I have come across. The ‘irrelevance argument’ Singer begins by assuming that the ‘principle of equality’ or ‘principle of equal consideration of interests’ is a basic moral principle. The principle says ‘treat all people as equals’‚ meaning ‘give equal consideration to the interests of all people’‚
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A Gender Bias Approach to Antigone Just as one stone removed can break a bridge‚ one flaw can bring a man to ruins. The flaw of one man cannot bring down an entire kingdom‚ but rather one outlook of the king can lead to the demise of the whole. In Sophocles ’ epic tragedy‚ Antigone‚ a strong gender bias is present throughout the tragedy‚ and is partially responsible for the downfall of the king. To Sophocles the king is not always representative of the people‚ but acts on his own personal desires
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As I read Rizal’s “Manifesto to Certain Filipinos” I have sighted his consistency and unalterable pronouncement of his firm stand apropos of insurrection deemed as a final‚ justifiable and only means plotted by his fellowmen; the Filipinos. The extent of the letter is a declaration of his firm stand and detestation of insurrection as a movement; he deemed one as such to be discouraged and never to be considered as a justifiable means to obtain independence. We have judged rightly that indeed he is
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isolated from other humans. In the poem "Alone‚" Edgar Allan Poe talks about being alone in terms of not being able to experience things as others do. Edgar Allan Poe had a dark‚ disturbing‚ and somewhat twisted manner of writing. Some readers and critics consider his writing pessimistic. His writing also has a sense of honesty and sadness to it. Poe was a person who had many troubling experiences throughout his life. It seemed that all the women he loved ended up dying‚ and they all died from the
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Tom Stoppard Tom Stoppard: A Critic of The Modern Age Tom Stoppard is one of the twentieth century ’s most interesting and creative playwrights. He uses his art form to criticize society ’s inability to handle the thought that we are governed by chaos. The modern world has created fate as an excuse for not doing anything to shape or change our outcome. Stoppard uses his plays as a mirror held up to society‚ showing his audience the ridiculousness of leaving everything up to fate. Tom Stoppard
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