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ESC3701 Assignment 4 Memo | Due 30 July 2025. All questions fully answered. SECTION A (ESSAY-TYPE QUESTION) [50 marks] Write an essay in not more than five (5) typed pages (10 marks per page, bibliography excluded) on the following topic: Diversity in school context and its impact on classroom practices Structure your essay as follows: 1. Introduction: Introduce what you intend to discuss in the essay and define your key terms. (5) 2. Body of the essay, in which you should deal with the following: o Discuss the three (3) theoretical perspectives on diversity: Race, class and gender. (20) o Discuss why an understanding of the concepts race, class and gender is essential and how such an understanding can assist with classroom practice and insight into learners’ social contexts. (10) o Provide three (3) short, relevant educational examples to substantiate the above point. (10) 3. Conclusion in which you wrap up your response, return and summarise the main points in the essay. No new sources of information should be added to the conclusion. (5) 4. Bibliography: The sources in the bibliography should be in alphabetical order. In completing your essay, consult the sources available on the myUnisa module site under 24 e-Reserves. You can also add any additional references to support your writing. (5) SECTION B: ESSAY-TYPE QUESTION 2 (50) In not more than five (5) typed pages (10 marks per page, bibliography excluded), write an essay on the following topic: Discuss the role of the school as a social institution and argue the very different views held by the Functionalists and Conflict theorists in this regard. (50) Structure your essay as follows: 1. Introduction: Introduce what you intend to discuss in the essay and define your key terms. (5) 2. Body of the essay, in which you deal with the following: o What is the role of the school? (10) o Argue in detail how the two (2) different theoretical perspectives view the role of the school in society. (25) 3. Conclusion, in which you wrap up your responses and summarise the main points in the essay. No new ideas or sources of information should be added to the conclusion. (5) 4. Bibliography: The sources in the bibliography should be in alphabetical order. In completing your essay, consult the sources available on the myUnisa module site under E-reserves. You can also add any additional references to support your writing. (5) TOTAL [100 MARKS]