sociology

• The functionalist perspective sees society as an organism with different parts working together to maintain stability.
• 4 markers

  • correct advantage/disadvantage
  • explain it
  • high or low in validity/reliability/representation
  • pick a topic where it would work
• Feminists criticise Marx's view on women's role in the family, arguing that they are oppressed within patriarchal structures.
• define marketisation

  when the education system becomes more business like

  e.g. league tables and ofsted
• internal factors

  • racism
  • ethnocentric curriculum
  • hidden curriculum
  • teacher/pupil interactions
  • subcultures
• external factors

  • material deprivation
  • cultural deprivation
  • language
  • parental attitude/support
• Stabilisation of adult personality

  ‘warm bath theory’

  husband and wife emotionally support each other

  = relieves pressure