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.1 Discuss what is meant by the following:

a) Modern democracy (4)

b) Citizenship education (4)


What is the role of the family as a social institutions


Discuss, from a functionalist perspective, how schools transmit norms and values to learners. Provide a school -based example of this transmission. 


Discuss the role of the family as a social institution


Draw on your own school experience and provide an example of a 'school climate'.


Choose ONE of the three theories covered in Sociology of Education (functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism). Discuss why your chosen theory provides the best explanation of schools in South Africa.


What is the hidden curriculum? Provide two examples of the hidden curriculum in the classroom.


Identify THREE principles of symbolic interactionism and discuss how you, as a teacher, would apply these principles in the classroom.


Explain how conflict theorists see the role of the family.


What does conflict theory argue about the role of schools in capitalist society? Start your answer: Conflict theorists argue that ...