Evaluate the Functionalist Perspective on the Role of Education in Society (30)
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Functionalists have a very general analysis of the role of education in society, simply looking at how it contributes to
This is an example of a relatively straight forward 6 mark question which might appear on the AQA’s A level
Writing in the 1950s Parsons argued that modern education systems performed two main functions – role allocation and providing value consensus through meritocracy.
Emile Durkheim argued that schools were essential for ‘imprinting’ shared social values into the minds of children. He believed schools would play a central role in forming modern societies.
If you could represent the five sociological perspectives in sociology as five shapes, I think they’d look something like this:
Hints and tips on how I would’ve answered the A level sociology exam paper 2, 2017 (families and households section) 2017
Below are a few quantitative and qualitative sources (case studies and statistics) that can be used to illustrate aspects of
For these questions you need to make a point and then develop that point to explain further.
Definitions of key terms for the five basic sociological perspectives – Functionalism, Marxism, Feminism, Social Action Theory and Postmodernism.