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SED 2601 Learning Unit 2Questions with solutions
What does AGIL stand for? - ✔✔adaption, goal attainment, integration & latency.
Why is it important for society to differentiate? - ✔✔So that it can adapt to
modern industrialisation.
Why can differentiation also be problematic? - ✔✔Because it is difficult to coordinate
large numbers of systems.
One of the reasons being that it can lead to some systems seeing themselves as more powerful
or independent from other systems.
Critique of Functionalism - ✔✔Giddens writes:
- That there is something significant about education systems
- They try to provide individuals with the skills & knowledge to participate in societies
- Schools do teach children some of the values and morals of a wider society.
What does functionalist theories appear to overstate? - ✔✔The case for a set of society-
wide values.
There are many cultural differences within a single society & the notion that a set of central
values should be taught to all may not be accurate or well received.
A Concept of "Society" itself is? - ✔✔A recurring problem within functionalist accounts.
Functionalists see education systems as? - ✔✔Serving several functions for society as a
whole, BUT the problem is it assumes that society is homogeneous (the same) & that all social
groups share similar interests.
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