Reference no: EM133283314 , Length: Word Count: 12 Pages
Assignment - Social Problems - Answer these questions in a minimum of 12 pages.
1. Discuss patterns of Inequality in the education system.
2. Discuss and compare students' achievement in different countries.
3. Apply the functionalist perspectives to social policy for education.
4. Apply the conflict perspectives to social policy for education.
5. Apply the symbolic interactionist perspectives to social policy for education.
6. Briefly discuss the "evaluate explanations for educational inequality".
(Your answer should include but be not to limit the issues of student-centered explanations, school-centered explanations, and tracking)
7. Briefly Discuss emerging social problems associated with new media technology.
8. Explain how the functionalist perspectives conceptualize the media-social problems relationship.
9. Explain how the conflict perspective conceptualizes the media-social problems relationship.
10. Apply structural-functionalism to the concept of family.
11. Apply conflict perspective to the concept of family.
12. Briefly discuss the patterns and trends in employment and unemployment.