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#40DayChallenge Day 11 – Functions of Education

We are 25% of the way through the #40DayChallenge now and I have been really grateful for all of the positive feedback I have had and how students and teachers have taken to spreading the work through Twitter and Instagram – Thank you all.

Today’s questions is a relatively straightforward one. Last year the 10 marker was on Marxism and how education serves the needs of capitalism – today I am going to look at Functionalism. See if you can extract two hooks and develop them from the following question. It is also worth looking at the second paragraph in the item, as even though it is not explicitly about Functionalism, it is useful to be able to evaluate using aspects of the item.

All model answers for the #40DayChallenge are available to download from Model Answers

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The Sociology Guy is a pseudonym originally used by Craig Gelling when he was working in an FE College to provide an outlet for his frustrations with how he was expected to teach and strict rules around intellectual property in his former employer. The Sociology Guy name came from his early years as a supply teacher, where students would often not know his name and ask for ‘the sociology guy’ when coming to the staff room. Initially set up in 2018 as an anonymous You Tube channel, Craig has since written, recorded and presented for many different organisations and education providers. His purpose is to try and make sociology both accessible and understandable for all students and support teachers to inspire the next generation of sociologists.

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