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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law. Social norms dictate informal deviance. The functionalist perspective of deviance is that crime is inevitable because not everyone can or will be equally committed. A lot of social change seems to begin with a form of deviance. For example‚ the Civil Rights Movement. People such as Rosa Parks who spoke out against segregation by simply going against what was customary at the time were performing acts of deviance. The conflict perspective of deviance is that it does not go along with social
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because they contribute more to the economy than they actually receive in benefits. As well as some current immigration policies are discriminatory. There are many arguments that support allowing illegal immigrants to America and the following is one of them. Illegal immigrants have a positive effect on America’s economy. It has been proven in history that prosperity follows immigration. In fact‚ economists point out the economic boom in the 1950s and 60s was driven by these so-called aliens.
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Outline and Asses Functionalist explanations of social inequality (40marks) Functionalism is a concencus theory that focused on the unity and harmony of society. Functionalists believe that society is a system that works together in order for it to funtction. Inequality is the existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions in a society and recurrent patterns of unequal distributions of goods‚ wealth‚ opportunities etc. There are many types of inequality such as social
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Assess functionalist views of the role of education. (20 marks) Functionalists emphasise positive aspects of schools‚ this is the idea of a ‘consensus’ perspective; where there is an agreement about what is valued within a society. These are like Emile Durkheim’s social facts or moral regulation in that they govern behaviour‚ and while they are coercive‚ they are also generally agreed upon where ‘The function of education is to transmit society’s norms and values’ . According to functionalists education
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grandfather and the father and mother. The father and mother disapprove of the language he uses around their children. A structural-functionalist might question how the members of the family are performing their specified functions. They may look at each member’s values‚ beliefs‚ and social norms and see how they relate to one another. By doing this‚ a structural-functionalist will be able to identify why conflict or despair is occurring within a family unit. For example‚ if the mother’s belief system
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Population Growth A few months after Singapore was founded‚ the population began to grow very quickly. By 1821‚ Singapore’s population had increased to about 5000. The main cause of this increase was immigration. Singapore in the 19th century attracted many people from different parts of the world. Businessmen and traders came here to trade while others came to look for jobs. Satay Seller At that time‚ more men came to Singapore than women. This was especially so for the Chinese and Indians
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Immigration Immigration is a very diverse and wide spread issue throughout The United States of America. There are many proposals from different views between politicians and the citizens of the U.S. With there being two types of immigration‚ legal and illegal‚ there are even more aspects to look at when considering and researching policies and procedures of immigration. There are also many terms and definitions when it comes to both legal and illegal immigration. Defined by the IRS‚ an individual
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theory approaches deviance as a necessary part of the social organization. They believed that deviance helps create social stability. Emile Durkheim was the one who made that point also believed with deviance people can define and support morality. Functionalists believe deviance helps people draw boundaries between good and bad. Symbolic-interaction theory explains
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often holds the belief that historical events‚ like revolutions‚ are individual acts‚ while functionalists believe in the fact that revolutions are inevitable and that modernization in blooming societies would eventually lead to revolution. In terms of the Holocaust‚ an intentionalist might argue that without Hitler‚ the Holocaust would never happen since he was the leader of that genocide. However‚ a functionalist would argue that since Hitler had so many followers with the same belief system‚ somebody
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