Writing Homework Help

I’m working on a social science question and need guidance to help me study.

Read through the following questions and answer one of them in your journal. Your answer should be complete, and must be written in standard, grammatically correct English.

1. How do functionalists view education? Define manifest functions, latent functions, cultural transmission of values, inclusion, social placement, gatekeeping, and tracking.

2. Discuss the conflict perspective of education, defining hidden curriculum, biased IQ testing, unequal funding, and the role of family background.

3 Define credential societies. Compare and contrast education in the most industrialized societies, industrializing societies, and the least industrialized societies.

4. List and discuss at least two factors that contribute to mediocrity in American education, defining grade inflation, social promotion, and functional illiteracy. What can be done to improve the quality of U.S. education?

5. List and discuss the three elements of religion, according to Durkheim. Define church, religion, sacred and profane, using his theoretical perspective.

6. Discuss the functions and dysfunctions of religion, according to functional theorists.

7. Discuss Max Weber’s analysis of the relationship between capitalism and religion, defining the Protestant Ethic. Do you believe the Protestant Ethic is operational in the U.S. today? Why or why not?

8. Define, compare and contrast cults (defining cult, charismatic leaders, and charisma), sects, churches, and ecclesia, providing at least one example of each.

read the PowerPoint very carefully, after that Chose 1 question only and answer it by using the PowerPoint