Full 7 Paragraph Plan on how to write Evaluation for Functionalist Views on Education

Question 1

P1 Point

Answer 1

Education system is efficient at socialising people in to the value consensus of society

Question 2

P1 Supporting Study

Answer 2

Durkheim

Question 3

P1 Supporting Study Explanation

Answer 3

Value consensus maintained in order to regulate the amount of individualisation in society which is bad for society

Question 4

P1 Criticism and their Sociological Theory

Answer 4

Postmodernist, Lyotard

Question 5

P1 Criticism Concept

Answer 5

Fragmentation of society

Question 6

P1 Criticism explanation

Answer 6

This means that few people have similar school experiences so there is no value consensus

Question 7

P2 Point

Answer 7

The Education system is efficient at putting people in to their correct future jobs

Question 8

P2 Supporting Study

Answer 8

Davis and Moore

Question 9

P2 Supporting Study Explanation

Answer 9

Doing exams helps find students’ abilities for potentially more skilled or less skilled jobs in fields

Question 10

P2 Criticism and their Sociological Theory

Answer 10

Stanworth, Feminist

Question 11

P2 Criticism explanation

Answer 11

Childrens future roles are shaped by gender

Question 12

P2 Criticism developed further

Answer 12

Boys were said to be more intelligent than girls, discouraging girls from working hard

Question 13

P3 Point

Answer 13

Education system is meritocratic

Question 14

P3 Supporting Study

Answer 14

Cohen

Question 15

P3 Supporting Study Explanation

Answer 15

Working class boys experienced status frustration but failed to move up a class so rebelled instead

Question 16

P3 Criticism and their Sociological Theory

Answer 16

Bowles and Gintis, Marxists

Question 17

P3 Criticism developed further

Answer 17

Education system is structured to reproduce an exploited force of workers for the ruling class

Question 18

P4 Point

Answer 18

Failure in the Education system is due to external factors such as Cultural Deprivation

Question 19

P4 Supporting Study

Answer 19

Feinstein

Question 20

P4 Supporting Study Explanation

Answer 20

Middle class parents are more likely to help their children succeed in their education as they have a larger grasp of complex knowledge

Question 21

P4 Criticism and their Sociological Theory

Answer 21

Becker, Interactionist

Question 22

P4 Criticism Explanation

Answer 22

Labels given by authority which are negative can become master labels and they will then become like that label

Question 23

P4 Criticism “Furthermore” Point

Answer 23

The shaming would be more negative for a person if it was Disintegrative shaming

Question 24

P5 Point

Answer 24

The Education prepares students for the wider world with the use of universalistic standards

Question 25

P5 Supporting study

Answer 25

Parsons

Question 26

P5 Supporting Study Explanation

Answer 26

Students learn that they will not be treated as if they are unique and special in society

Question 27

P5 Criticism and their Sociological Theory

Answer 27

Interactionist, Rosenthal and Jacobson

Question 28

P5 Criticism Explanation

Answer 28

They found that students who were labelled as academic bloomers were treated in a better way than students that were not

Question 29

What will i have to do with all Link parts of the paragraph when i get in to the exam?

Answer 29

Think of them myelf

Question 30

What 2 other paragraph types must be made other than the 5 point paragraphs?

Answer 30

An Introduction and a Conclusion