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The sociology department at the North West University is concerned with understanding minority students’ experiences of racial discrimination within institutions of higher learning. You have been approached by the department to assist with this research study, and as such, they have asked you to carry out this research. A qualitative research approach is required. Using the prescribed readings for Study Unit 2, and any other relevant scholarly sources, answer the following questions in a 3-4 page discussion:

Provide a relevant topic for this research taking into account the guidelines provided by the prescribed readings. (2) Give a brief explanation of the factors that have contributed to the choice of the research topic. (8) State the key research question (2) and aim or purpose (2) of the study taking into account the guidelines provided by the prescribed readings.

explain the following words, using examples from the south african context.

1. cultural capital

2. Habitus


Identity and explain the key professional ethics that teachers should consider in the teaching profession


Give an example of gender, racial or ethnic stereotyping that you see in everyday life. Explain how does stereotyping contribute to institutionalized discrimination and what would need to happen for this to be eliminated.
Briefly acquaint yourself with the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry about George Herbert Mead.
Afterward, read a couple of pages from these excerpts from Mind, Self, and Body by George Herbert Mead.

Please discuss this reading assignment in light of the reading materials for this unit.
Why do sociologists find it important to differentiate between sex and gender? What can be done to lessen the effects of gender stratification in the workplace? How does gender stratification harm both men and women?

) Provide an in-depth analysis of the feminization of work to describe and evaluate gender inequality in the Post Structuralism Theory. 

b) In your own view does the theory explain the gender inequality in the South African Context and why? 


Feminist development theory has in various guises, been the main advocate for placing gender as a category and issue on the development agenda. Compare and Contrast the Postmodernism and Development (PAD) and Women and Development (WAD). (100)


Feminist development theory has in various guises, been the main advocate for placing gender as a category and issue on the development agenda. Compare and Contrast the Postmodernism and Development (PAD) and Women and Development (WAD). (100)


 conclude and recommend on how cultural values can influence and leads to functional and dysfunctional behaviours.