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Do macro-sociological approaches or micro-sociological approaches tell us more about why some pupils under-achieve in school?
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Do macro-sociological approaches or micro-sociological approaches tell us more about why some pupils under-achieve in school? Macro-sociology approaches offer explanations for social phenomena in terms of the way in which social systems work as a whole. Micro-sociology gives explanations in terms of how people make things happen by interpreting their experience and acting on their interpretations. Macro-sociology divides into consensus and conflict approaches. The former view society as similar to the human body, where everyone functions together to enable society to work well. Functionalists believe that society is run in the best interest for everyone. Conflict theories view society as a constant struggle between classes, caused by the individuals relationship to the economic system. Functionalism is the main consensus perspective. As with functionalist analysis in general the view of education tends to focus on the positive contributions made by education to the maintenance of the social system. Functionalists see school as society...
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