Functionalist, Marxist and New Right Perspectives on Education
A brief video I put together to help revise the Functionalist, Marxist and New Right Perspectives on Education – basically […]
education, Functionalism, Marxism, New Right
Social Theories
Book summaries, Postmodernism and Late Modernsim
Global Culture Industry by Lash and Lury, A Summary
In Global Culture Industry Lash and Lury argue that things have moved on since the days of Adorno and Horkheimer’s
Social Action Theory (Interpretivism and Interactionism), Social Theories
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
The self is a performance!
education, research methods, Social Action Theory (Interpretivism and Interactionism)
Participant Observation to Research Education
Participant Observation studies are favoured by interpretivists as they allow for the collection of rich, qualitative data, and for an
education, research methods, Social Action Theory (Interpretivism and Interactionism), Social class, wealth and income inequalities
Learning to Labour
The counter school culture resisted the school but ultimately limited working class kids to getting working class jobs
Functionalism, Social Theories
The Functionalist Perspective in Sociology: Durkheim and Parsons Explained
The key ideas of the Functionalist Perspective: social structure, scientific research methods, social solidarity to prevent anomie, the organic analogy and social evolution.
Social Action Theory (Interpretivism and Interactionism), Social Theories
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life – A Summary
Erving Goffman’s classic 1959 work, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, is one of the most influential texts in
Neoliberalism and The New Right
The New Right’s View of Education
The New Right created an education market in the United Kingdom from 1988 through introducing league tables and formula funding, among other education policies.
A Radical Feminist Perspective on the Family
the norm of the traditional, privatised nuclear family can disadvantage women who would be more free in women only households.
Families and Households, Family diversity, Social Action Theory (Interpretivism and Interactionism)
The Personal Life Perspective on the Family
The Personal Life Perspective: dogs and dead relatives are part of the family too!