The purpose of Research Paper 1 is to examine the status of education in the United States from the functionalist and conflict perspectives and to debate, discuss and evaluate the fitness of the views offered by these perspectives.

Your work must be structured as follows:

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

Background

Problem Statement/Objective

FUNCTIONALIST VIEW

CONFLICT VIEW

DEBATE/DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

Research Paper 1 must:

Be 5 pages long (double space, 12-point font, and one-inch margins).

Be based on research evidence from a small sample of sources/articles (from 2-4 academic articles).

Be free from any syntax problems, and documented according to the APA manual.

Have a title page that includes the paper title and your name (on the top half); and the paper abstract on the bottom half.

The research paper abstract must be a short paragraph consisting of three statements, one after another: problem statement (purpose of your work), methods statement (how it was done), and findings.