1. Do Now Activity! What did both Parsons and Durkheim use as an analogy for society? What are the four prerequisites that Parsons stated were for society to satisfy? What is meant by the term Latency? What does Neo-Marxists believe? What is Althusser’s concept of relative autonomy? How much can you remember? You have five minutes to revise your key points from your last two lessons. Respond to the series of questions on your mini whiteboard!

2. G673: Power and Control Lesson 3: Social Action, Culture and Society Vahide: Can I identify and compare Social Action theory to both Marxist and Functionalist theory? Kinza: Can I evaluate Social Action theory and draw parallels between key strands in all three key theories?

3. This lessons’ key terms: Symbolic interactionism The symbol The self The interaction Dramaturgical approach Labelling First Task! Watch the following video clip on Society and Education. Draw on your knowledge from Ms Jude’s lesson and also from what you have learnt on Marxist and Functionalist theory. Do you agree with Ken Robinson’s perspective on education and it’s place in society?

4. Social Action Theory Functionalism Marxism Start at the top – analyse structure of Society Focus on interaction between people

5. Symbolic Interactionism Mead (1934) Blumer (1962) 1. The symbol – world contains millions of objects and people. Everything cannot be seen as unique, categorise things into groups with a name or symbol. ‘Terrorists’, ‘Women’, ‘Trees’ 2. The self – people must know who they are within the world of symbols and meaning. We need to be able to see ourselves through the eyes of others. Blumer suggest the notion of who we are appears in childhood. 3. The interaction – most important is the point when symbol and self come together. Moment when we consider how others react to our actions, when we take in their viewpoint. All parties must interact to construct the situation.

6. Goffman and the Dramaturgical Approach People’s interaction is a number of settings were analysed by Goffman. He was influenced by Social Interactionism. The Dramaturgical element, explores how people percieve themselves and how we set out to present an image of ourselves. Goffman states that people set out a series of strategies to deal with people and these are constantly changing and adapting. He states that we are all like actors in a loosely scripted play in which we interpret their roles.

7. Exam Practice Literacy Focus: Make sure to use capital letters and full stops. Have you used paragraphs to separate your ideas? Exam style question: How does the Social Action view on society differ from Functionalist or Marxist perspectives? (22 marks)

8. Homework Due: Wednesday 18 th, September Exam style questions: Compare and contrast Functionalist and Marxist approaches to society? (22 marks) Evaluate Marxist perspectives on economy and society from both a traditional and contemporary perspective? (22 marks)

9. B673: Sociology of EducationLesson 2: Marxism, Culture and Society Vahide: Can I identify and compare the Marxist and Functionalist approaches to society? Kinza: Can I evaluate the Marxist and Functionalist approaches to society?

10. Two things I have learnt in today’s lesson… Recap!