Exam 17: Education

The hunting-gathering societies have no separate social institution called education.

Conflict theorists stress that the hidden curriculum in schools perpetuates social inequalities.

What do conflict theorists believe is the purpose of the hidden curriculum?

When Ray Rist conducted a participant observation study in an African American grade school, what did he conclude was the underlying basis for assigning children to different worktables in kindergarten?

Statistics accumulated since 1992 show school deaths have progressively increased due to shootings every year.

If school shootings are actually on the decrease, why is school violence considered as such a serious problem?

A central sociological principle is that a nation's education system reflects its culture.

Which group was most responsible for maintaining a level of literacy during the Dark Ages by focusing on learning Greek, Latin, and Hebrew?

According to your author, it is impossible to replicate the give-and-take conversations essential to good teaching that occur in a face-to-face class within online classes.

Match the term with the definition. 1) acculturation 2) manifest function 3) latent functions 4) credential society 5) cultural transmission of values 6) gatekeeping 7) tracking 8) social integration 9) credentialing 10) mainstreaming 11) correspondence principle 12) self-fulfilling prophecy 13) grade inflation 14) social promotion 15) distance learning -A) the promotion of a sense of national identity through practices shared by all members of society B) learning a culture to gain knowledge and skills C) the process by which education opens and closes doors of opportunity D) using diplomas and degrees to determine who is eligible for a job E) the sociological principle that schools correspond to or reflect the social structure of their society F) courses taught to students who are not physically present with the instructor G) intended beneficial consequences of people's actions H) in reference to education, the ways in which schools transmit a society's culture, especially its core values I) higher grades given for the same work; a general rise in students' grades without a corresponding increase in learning J) passing students on to the next level even though they have not mastered basic materials K) the use of diplomas and degrees to determine who is eligible for jobs, even though the diploma or degree may be irrelevant to the actual work L) Robert Merton's term for an originally false assertion that becomes true simply because it was predicted M) the sorting of students into different educational programs on the basis of real or perceived abilities N) helping people to become part of the mainstream of society O) unintended beneficial consequences of people's actions

How would the cultural transmission of values in the former Soviet Union and the United States be similar and different?

What is the major difference between distance learning in the past where a lesson was broadcast to thousands of students simultaneously and distance learning today?

One of the functions performed by schools is to promote a sense of national identity and stabilize the political system. This function is referred to as ________.

The most significant predictor of whether a student will attend college is his/her ________.

In the Ray Rist study, what was the basis of selection used by the kindergarten teacher to assign students to their respective reading groups?

Why did public education spread and develop a strong support system in the United States following the beginning of the Industrial Revolution?

Schools determining which people will enter what occupation based on their capabilities is referred to as ________.

According to Ray Rist's research, how long did it take for teachers to determine a child's potential success in school?

The three functionalists who advocated gatekeeping as a means to support people on the basis of merit and advocated social placement were ________, ________, and ________.

What was the purpose of social placement as proposed by Parsons, Davis, and Moore?