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Sociological explanations of under achievement Maihan Safi SOCIOLOGY L3 Wednesday 10th December 2003 Sociological explanations of under achievement This essay is about some sociological explanations of underachievement in education. There are many different reasons for differential educational achievement, some of these will be explored in this essay many people believe that the differences in achievement is due to the individual's attitude towards working in the school environment, However by comparing different factors in a child's life it can be seen that their attitudes are not the only that can affect how they learn. We are going to have a look at some main sociological theories including functionalists, Marxists, interactionists, black and feminists' views about underachievement of certain groups of people in certain places. According to the evidence and research of Emile Durkhiem one of the founding fathers of sociology and his frame work about education could be argue that "He saw the major function of education...

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