Nearly two years into the global COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a notable increase of “I’m vaccinated” stickers, buttons, profile photos, filters and the like on social media (Huang, 2021). Here, I should probably clarify that I am pro-vaccination myself. However, the pronounced trend of declaring one’s vaccination status might be leaving some feeling somewhat[…]
Introduction As educators, it is essential to comprehend that educational success is greatly influenced by social contexts such as ethnicity, gender, social class and geographical location that an individual child cannot control. The notion that educational success is achieved through effort and hard work as suggested in meritocracy should not be upheld by educators because[…]
Introduction: Work beyond its boundaries A sociological pedagogy of the various functional and constitutional embodiments of work has extensively examined the latter to be an assimilation of processes vectored in a particular direction and meant for a particular purpose. That is to say that irrespective of its manifestations, work in itself has been thoroughly identified[…]
The Psychology of Thinking and Communication Recommendation of the report: It is recommended that phonics is a superior learning tool for developing children. Summary of supporting evidence: Several theories have been proposed to explain the development of children, including the maturational, behaviourist, constructivist, sociohistorical, ecological and multiple intelligence theories, reviewed extensively in (Aldridge, Sexton, Goldman,[…]
The journal article is on the topic of cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is a prominent issue in Media Culture and stems from the topic transformative effects of web.20 on society and culture. This essay analyses the causes and effects of cyberbullying with reference to the psychological theories undergirding cyberbullying. It will also discuss the social media sites[…]
The Child Support Agency ‘has been a complete shambles and I am absolutely determined that we are going to do something about it’ The above statement was made by the Work and Pensions Secretary, David Blunkett, on the television programme, GMTV (www.gm.tv, retrieved on 19/10/2005). The Child Support Agency (CSA) was established in April 1993[…]
Abstract: Mindfulness has become paradigmatic for much research and scholarship connecting the concept to a wide range of behavioural outcomes. The optimisation of students in higher education can have a wide range of positive outcomes including moral, political and economic benefits. Students’ academic performance, specifically in higher education, has become a major concern among policy[…]
Piaget used his stage theory to describe children’s cognitive development, seeing them as inherently active creatures, motivated from within to explore and interact with their world: “The Piagetian child is a self-regulating, organised whole as he strives to maintain equilibrium both within himself and with the environment” (Miller, 2011, p. 68). Some of the criticisms[…]
This is an extract from my dissertation which explored whether the August Riots (2011) were the result of individual delinquencies in the British underclass or an angry response to an oppressive government. This section focuses on the particular social situation in which the riots occurred. It presents stereotypical views of individual delinquencies in an underclass[…]
Introduction The primary meaning of the concept of citizenship is closely linked with nationality. But over time the meaning of citizenship has changed. Mobility of people around the world and the effects of the capitalist economy have significantly reshaped the concept of citizenship. The global capitalist economy creates global opportunities, which is why more people[…]
Introduction 1.1 The importance of groups This thesis seeks to examine groups and their dynamics. These are important to us for a number of reasons, as often we spend much of our time in groups at work, with family or socially and the dynamics of these affect each and every one of these actions. This[…]
Reiman’s statement “the rich get richer and the poor get prison” implies a disparity in the way that the rich and the poor are treated throughout the criminal justice system. Indeed, an analysis of the available literature on crime shows that even at the point of constructing the meaning of ‘deviance’, the poor are more[…]
There is an increasing concern regarding men’s health in the Western world (Smith & Robertson, 2008). Although men have higher rates of morbidity and mortality than women, they are less likely to seek medical care (Gannon et al., 2004). Connell (1995) has drawn on the social construction of hegemonic masculinity to justify such gender differences[…]
Introduction The sexes are now considered to be largely pliable to the point where they can be considered as no more than a rough signifier of gender. This is a consequence of both the research that has been carried out by scholars in the area of gender as well as the development of disciplines such[…]
Introduction “He has no real choice, has he? Self-interest, fear of physical pain, drove him to that grotesque act of self-abasement. Its insincerity was clearly to be seen. He ceases to be a wrongdoer. He ceases also to be a creature capable of moral choice” (Burgess, 1962: 94). After behaviour-altering experimentation Burgess’s anti-hero of A[…]
Critical evaluation of the international strategy of Aldi based on the example of the UK market Nowadays, due to globalization, most businesses are growing internationally. Multinational Enterprises (direct investment in foreign countries) are very popular because most companies operate in different countries (Hill, 2008).Therefore this paper is going to critically evaluate the international strategy of[…]
The French sociologist Emile Durkheim is often regarded as the founder of modern sociological thought. Although the actual discipline sociology was in fact established before Durkheim’s birth, in the words of one commentator he, “gave it academic credibility and influence” (Thompson, 1982; p. 11). As such, his theoretical findings and assertions continue to have considerable[…]