Assess the usefulness of functionalist theories in understanding religion today (33 marks) Functionalists have put forward their perspective on religion and how it benefits both society and the individual starting with how religion brings people together harmoniously‚ creating social cohesion and a sense of belonging as people believe in the same thing and all abide by the same rules. Religion creates and maintains a value consensus whilst giving society social order. By conforming to religious
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Physical Education is Vital for All Physical education is required in every American high school and for a good reason too. Many kids argue that P.E. classes aren’t important. These claims are false and are an example of the laziness of today’s youth. There are many reasons why physical education should be required‚ but perhaps the most important are that P.E. is good for one’s health‚ it teaches students about exercise and nutrition‚ it helps relieve stress‚ and it helps students develop healthy
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policy makers‚ and business leaders from across the nation to discuss the problems with education. During that speech‚ Bill Gates gave a keynote address where he called American public schools "obsolete." This statement made by one of the most powerful and influential men in the world could destroy the education systems of the United States let alone destroy the education systems of the world. Gates has spent almost a billion dollars influencing American public schools‚ and while his donations
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Functionalist writings go into much depth in regard to the state and roles of the family in modern‚ post industrial revolution‚ society. How accurately the interpretation and observations that are made by the Functionalist view represent the state of the family is‚ however‚ a contentious point. Functionalists see the family as the key place where primary socialisation of the young‚ next generation of society‚ takes place. The functionalist view of the family is that the family is the corner stone
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Inequality in Education Inequality is an unequal rewards or opportunities for different individuals within a group or groups within a society. Education is recognised as major social institution. However‚ inequality in education is linked to major problems in society. In education a key factor that influences a child ’s performance at school is social class. By going through Marxist and Functionalist perspectives‚ explanations for such inequalities can be understood. Difference in social background
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Should all education be free? All education should be free to all people and paid for by the government. This statement has caused great controversy over the past decades. On the one hand‚ it should be free since there are poor who are smart‚ intelligent and capable‚ yet the state provides no education for them. How would you feel knowing that your life is never going to get better because you don’t have the opportunity? Another argument is economic development. Finishing school and pursuing
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television programs can lead to aggressive and violent behaviors but these behaviors can be influenced by people surrounding them like peers and family. However‚ children spend most of their time by watching television. Almost everyone in the world has their celebrity idol. Children tend to like the characters of their idols on the television programs or movie without thinking whether their idols are doing the good or bad thing in that show. This will cause children to imitate their favorite characters
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Education is the process by which knowledge is imparted‚ skills developed and abilities trained. It is used to prepare citizens for various roles demanded by social institutions‚ such as family‚ government and economy ( Schaeffer‚ 2001). A society’s survival depends on the ability of its members to maintain and pass on the culture to succeeding generations (Preston & Smith‚ ) Education is an ongoing process that takes place in all locations‚ such as while watching television‚ attending religious
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Education is the process for learning basic life skills‚ to get children to socially interact with others and to enable people to get good qualifications so they can gain better careers. Functionalists offer an optimistic analysis of the role of education and they maintain that education and training performs a positive function. However Marxist theorists offer a pessimistic analysis of the role of education. They argue that schools do not serve the interests of everyone in society‚ but a ruling
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was born of low class parents in bad financial standings‚ and also‚ to whom had next to no education with not a single relation to any politically important people. In other words‚ this guy had a lot of really tough adversities to overcome in order to achieve what he would soon perform. Soon‚ Jackson saw his first days of heroic might and popularity‚ which was the result of a great victory to which many of all americans had sought great joy in‚ the War of 1812. From this mighty performance‚ Jackson
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