There are many reasons for educational underachievement and it has been said that ethnicity is one of these key factors. It has been found that Indian and Asian pupils are of higher educational achievement than White‚ African-Caribbean‚ and Black‚ Pakistani and Bangladeshi pupils. One possible cause of ethnic differences in education could be at the fault of the education system. To investigate this Sewell conducted a study using semi-structured interviews and observations in an inner-city boys’
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Religion can be powerful under the right certain circumstances for social change. However it can be argued that religion can be a conservative force. Weber argues that religious beliefs contributed to major social change- specifically the emergence of modern capitalism in Northern Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. Modern capitalism differs from capitalism as it is based on systematic‚ efficient and a rational pursuit of profit and profit for its own sake rather than consumption. Weber calls
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Using material from item A and elsewhere assess the usefulness of modernization theory as an explanation for differences in the levels of development of different societies. Modernization theory first arose after world war two‚ when western countries like the US‚ Britain and France all believed that capitalism was the only way to modernize countries in Eastern Europe. The different communist and capitalist governments didn’t agree on theories of modernization and so the cold war started. The first
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Using material from item A and elsewhere assess the view that working class children under achieve because they are culturally deprived. (20Marks) Culture deprivation is when people of different classes have differences in their norms‚ values‚ attitudes of education and their speech patterns. Working class parents have a lack of interest on their child’s education which leads the child to be at a disadvantage as the other middle class children will have parents who are very interested in their
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Using material from item 2B and elsewhere assess different sociological explanations of changes in the status of childhood. (24 marks) Childhood is socially constructed‚ the only reason that ’childhood’ exists is because society makes it that way. Over time childhood has changed as different norms and values over each century of life have been different and are still changing today. Also in different places of the world there are different cultures and ethics so therefore their view of childhood
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Using materials from the item and elsewhere‚ assess the view that there is little difference between scientific theories‚ religious doctrines and political ideologies. An ideology is most commonly regarded as a set of ideas and values shared by a social group. Some people‚ for example Inclusivists‚ believe that there is little difference between scientific theories‚ religious doctrines and political ideologies. This is because an Inclusivist’s definition of religion is very broad. Anything which
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Using material from Item A and elsewhere‚ assess the strengths and limitations of using participant observation methods to investigate gang culture. Item A: Venkatesh was a student at the University of Chicago in 1989 when he became interested in the housing projects surrounding the university where 27‚000 people lived. He approached a group of Black youths hanging around a stairwell in one of the project buildings but instead of answering his carefully prepared questions he found himself held
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therefore‚ the world itself. In other words‚ our science development has always had the destination for easier and longer life; however‚ we do not notice how this is all about materialism and how it devalues our sense for life. In Windflower by Gabrielle Roy‚ the Inuit culture is expressed as peaceful and free‚ but in contrast the white way of living is considered as hostile and imprisoning and has a negative impact on Elsa Kumachuk’s life and her relationships. Materialism has altered her life and
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Explore the ways in which Macbeth and Banquo are presented in this scene and elsewhere in Shakespeare’s play‚ and in the performed version(s) In Act 1 Scene 3 and elsewhere in the play‚ Macbeth is presented as being; smart‚ greedy‚ evil‚ mysterious‚ and overly ambitious. Banquo is also presented as; under-appreciated‚ reliable‚ calm‚ and brave. However after Macbeth’s predictions he starts getting curious and jealous. In the paragraphs that follow I have shown examples of both characters Macbeth
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Each group in society has a different idea on what the main role of the family is. As Item 2B says‚ “Marxists see all social institutions as serving the interests of capitalism.” This includes the family‚ and they say that it serves the interests of capitalism by maintaining and justifying class inequality and exploitation by the rich. Other groups‚ however‚ have different opinions‚ such as Functionalists who think that the family performs essential needs of society. Marxists and Functionalists
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