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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.

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.