Functionalist Perspectives on Age
Talcott Parsons developed a Functionalist perspective on age and ageing in the 1950s. He argued that society mainly functioned around […]
Culture and Identity
socialisation
Culture and Identity
Gender Socialisation in Schools
Barrie Thorne used observations in two primary schools and theorised that children played an active role in constructing their own gender identities.
Sociology key terms
Feminist Perspectives on Socialisation
Oakley argued parents socialised passive children into traditional gender roles, but her work is criticised by the newer concept of gendering.
Social Action Theory (Interpretivism and Interactionism)
Symbolic Interactionism and Socialisation
socialisation is an active process of social interaction
education
Why do Males and Females Choose Different Subjects?
parental and teacher stereotypes combine to reinforce gendered subject images!
Culture and Identity
Socialisation
Socialisation is the process whereby an individual learns the norms and values of a culture. Giddens and Sutton (2017) provide
Sociology key terms
Functionalism in Pictures
A selection of images to represent some of the main Functionalist concepts for A level sociology. Concepts covered include the organic analogy, socialisation, integration, regulation, anomie and more!
education, Gender and education
Gender and Education: Good Resources
Useful links to quantitative and qualitative research studies, statistics, researchers, and news paper articles relevant to gender and education. These
Sex and gender
No More Boys and Girls
No More Boys and Girls (BBC, August 2017) BBC programme documents a 6 week experiment in gender neutrality carried out
Sociology on TV
Meet the Natives (Sociology on T.V.)
Meet the Natives involves five people from a tropical island visiting a ‘strange land called England’, where they find many