SOCIOLOGY ASRevision

FAMILY

IDEOLOGY

Describe the main ideas people have concerning what families 'ought' to be like.

Describe 'conventional' and 'de-regulated' families.

FUNCTIONALISM

Give a basic outline of the functionalist perspective on 'the' family.

List and demonstrate understanding of the assumptions made by functionalism concerning the family.

Explain why the assumptions are open to criticism.

DIVORCE AND VIOLENCE

Identify recent trends in divorce statistics.

Identify and give an account of the possible causes of the increase in divorce.

Explain what divorce statistics cannot tell us about contemporary marriages.

EDUCATION

STRUCTURAL THEORIES OF SCHOOLING

Give an outline of the Functionalist and Marxist approaches to the role Education.

Offer criticisms of these approaches.

Explain the concept 'the hidden curriculum'.

Outline Bowles and Gintis explanation of the correspondence principle.

SOCIAL INEQUALITIES AND SCHOOLING: CLASS

Identify, describe and give examples of, the various attempts to explain class differences in educational attainment.

In particular, can you explain the main findings and supposed causes of educational failure.

SOCIAL INEQUALITIES AND SCHOOLING: ETHNICITY

Give an account of the varying explanations of ethnic differences in educational attainment.

Demonstrate an understanding of the development of differing policy approaches towards ethnic minority pupils.