Using material from item A and elsewhere assess the view that working class children under achieve because they are culturally deprived. (20Marks) Culture deprivation is when people of different classes have differences in their norms‚ values‚ attitudes of education and their speech patterns. Working class parents have a lack of interest on their child’s education which leads the child to be at a disadvantage as the other middle class children will have parents who are very interested in their
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Using material from item 2B and elsewhere assess different sociological explanations of changes in the status of childhood. (24 marks) Childhood is socially constructed‚ the only reason that ’childhood’ exists is because society makes it that way. Over time childhood has changed as different norms and values over each century of life have been different and are still changing today. Also in different places of the world there are different cultures and ethics so therefore their view of childhood
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therefore‚ the world itself. In other words‚ our science development has always had the destination for easier and longer life; however‚ we do not notice how this is all about materialism and how it devalues our sense for life. In Windflower by Gabrielle Roy‚ the Inuit culture is expressed as peaceful and free‚ but in contrast the white way of living is considered as hostile and imprisoning and has a negative impact on Elsa Kumachuk’s life and her relationships. Materialism has altered her life and
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Using material from Item A and elsewhere‚ assess the strengths and limitations of using participant observation methods to investigate gang culture. Item A: Venkatesh was a student at the University of Chicago in 1989 when he became interested in the housing projects surrounding the university where 27‚000 people lived. He approached a group of Black youths hanging around a stairwell in one of the project buildings but instead of answering his carefully prepared questions he found himself held
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Explore the ways in which Macbeth and Banquo are presented in this scene and elsewhere in Shakespeare’s play‚ and in the performed version(s) In Act 1 Scene 3 and elsewhere in the play‚ Macbeth is presented as being; smart‚ greedy‚ evil‚ mysterious‚ and overly ambitious. Banquo is also presented as; under-appreciated‚ reliable‚ calm‚ and brave. However after Macbeth’s predictions he starts getting curious and jealous. In the paragraphs that follow I have shown examples of both characters Macbeth
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Each group in society has a different idea on what the main role of the family is. As Item 2B says‚ “Marxists see all social institutions as serving the interests of capitalism.” This includes the family‚ and they say that it serves the interests of capitalism by maintaining and justifying class inequality and exploitation by the rich. Other groups‚ however‚ have different opinions‚ such as Functionalists who think that the family performs essential needs of society. Marxists and Functionalists
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Using material from Item A and elsewhere‚ asses the view that gender differences in achievement are largely the result of changes in the education system. (20 marks) From the early 1990’s‚ girls have started to outperform boys at most levels of the education system‚ for example in GCSE related in subjects or A-levels. As Madsen Pirie of the New Right Adam Smith Institute states that the modular courses and continuous education today favour the systematic approach of girls‚ compared to the previous
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Using material from Item A and elsewhere assess the view that social class differences in educational achievement are the result of school processes such as labelling. According to Bynner and Joshi (1999) class differences have persisted since the late 1950’s. It can be seen that all studies carried out by various theorist came to the same conclusion that middle class pupils tend to do a lot better than working class in terms of educational achievement. Pupils from middle class backgrounds tend
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Using material from Item C and elsewhere‚ assess the view that the mass media represent young people as a problem group (18 marks) Different age groups tend to be represented in different ways in the mass media. Children (up to the age of about 14) are often presented as consumers of toys and games‚ are generally presented in a positive light. However‚ the youth (from around the age of 15 to the early 20’s) are often portrayed as a ‘problem group’ in society‚ and as a major source of anti-social
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organise genuinely communicative activities. This repertoire of activities enables them to have varied plans and achieve an activities balance." "The Practice of English Language Teaching" Harmer Which of the techniques outlined in this module‚ and elsewhere in the modules on skills and materials‚ would you use in order to achieve genuine communication in the classroom? This task should refer to other areas of the course. You should aim to write about 750 words. The ultimate aim of teaching English
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