3. Describethe main ideas people have
concerning what families 'ought' to be like.
Describe 'conventional' and 'de-regulated'
families.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Givean account of the varying explanations
of ethnic differences in educational
attainment.
Demonstratean understanding of the
development of differing policy approaches
towards ethnic minority pupils.
