Education is the main agent of secondary socialisation. How do schools prepare us for social life? Whatever the view on education‚ it is clear that schools are one of the most important agents of secondary socialisation. Peer groups and teachers have a major impact upon the socialisation of schoolchildren. In the case of the former‚ such groups exert "peer pressure" which influence students to conform to various norms and values. Sociologists often see the relationship between society and education
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strengths and weaknesses of the Marxist view of the role of education in society The Marxist perspective of education in society can be very questionable because Marxist theorists such as; Louis Althusser‚ Bowles and Gintis‚ David Reynolds and Willis all seem to disagree with one another. The first thing I will write about are the strengths. The strengths about the Marxist view are it points out how ideology is transmitted within school via the hidden curriculum‚ how education legitimises class inequality
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Outline and assess Marxist explanations of the causes of crime (50 marks) It is to a large extent that Marxism is a useful theory in explaining the causes of crime. This is because it highlights the inequalities in society and how the ruling class owns the means of production. This fails to show reasons why not everyone is facing status frustration and lower income turn to crime. One way in which Marxism is a useful theory for explaining the causes of crime is the concept of capitalism‚ criminogenic
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Viewing Ms. Hurston’s work in Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ Sweat‚ and How It Feels to Be Colored Me‚ through Historical‚ Feminist‚ and Marxist lenses they reflect a historical time in the US‚ how her
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Murdock- George Peter Murdock (1949) wanted to know if the family was not just cultural but universal (he claimed that it was universal). * Common residence * Economic co-operation * Adults including both sexes * At least two have socially approved sex * One or more children * Biological or adopted This he thought was the universal minimum. Which adults had sexual relations depended on the culture. He believed the nuclear family was the universal core of the world’s
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I.D. # 20123656 Education and Social Mobility Students who attend traditional schools have a greater opportunity for social mobility than students who attend non-traditional schools in Jamaica. Historically‚ due to our post-colonial background‚ that of the plantation society‚ education was only afforded to the white‚ upper class individuals. In order to establish and reinforce a hierarchy of power and ownership‚ wealthy capitalists ensured first-rate education for their children‚ while
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Student and Youth Perspectives on Politics Gary Taylor and Liam Mellor Since the 1960s‚ students have had a reputation for being political. Student politics of that era challenged the old order and cast doubt upon the cold-war mentality dominant in mainstream political circles. Student radicals in Europe and in the United States were at the forefront of the peace movement and were generally regarded as left-of-centre on the conventional political spectrum. In Eastern Europe likewise‚
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15 September 2011 What is Mann’s view of the Powers of Education? According to an article of From Report of the Massachusetts Board of Education‚ 1848 written by Horace Mann‚ he discourses about how education is essential for each and every human being and how social class portrayed around it. Even if a child comes from a poverty family‚ education should not be taken away from them to be able to accomplish whatever they desire. In Mann’s perspective education rights should be an equal opportunity
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Outline and evaluate feminist views of relationships between men and women Relationships between men and women in postmodern Britain have come a long way from the days when marriage was nothing but a consensus between man and father. However‚ society has still not moved past the gender prejudice that has been embedded within people for decades. Due to this‚ feminists of all variations have put forth strong arguments regarding the relationships between men and women. These egalitarian viewpoints have
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my childhood and adolescence‚ I never was familiar with the term functionalism and its many elements. After observing and analyzing my field placement classroom I have come to understand the concept of functionalism to some extent. In general‚ functionalists “see schools as serving to socialize students to adapt to the economic‚ political‚ and social institutions of that society” (Feinberg‚ p.6‚ 2004). They also theorize that in order for societies to survive‚ they must carry out vital functions such
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