Exam 16: Education

One of the components of President Obama's "A Blueprint for Reform" in education is an effort to improve teacher and principal effectiveness.

Through the______________,schools for middle-class students stress the processes (such as figuring and decision making)involved in getting the right answer.

Community college enrollment accounts for 45 percent of all U.S.undergraduates.

Although______________societies have a written language,few people know how to read and write,and formal education is often reserved for the privileged.

One of the greatest challenges facing community colleges today is______________.

The______________focus on the process of labeling and how it is directly related to the power and status of those persons who do the labeling and those who are being labeled.

Provide a brief overview of education: define education and describe cultural transmission.

In Maryland,Alabama,Mississippi,Tennessee,Georgia,and Texas,approximately 30 percent of African American public school students attend schools that have at least a______________percent black/African American population.

All social institutions,including education,have some______________-hidden,unstated,and sometimes unintended consequences of activities within an organization or institution.

Preindustrial societies existed before the invention of reading and writing.These societies have no written language and are characterized by very basic technology and a simple division of labor.Daily activity often centers around the struggle to survive against natural forces,and the earliest forms of education are survival oriented.

Males (9.1 percent)have a higher status dropout rate than females (7 percent).

One concern in education has been how to provide better educational opportunities for ,which involves any physical and/or mental conditional that limits students' access to, Or full involvement in,school life.

From a global perspective,trace formal education in preindustrial and industrial societies.

Schools are responsible for identifying the most qualified people to fill available positions in society.As a result,students are channeled into programs based on individual ability and academic achievement.This illustrates which manifest function of education?

Describe inequality among elementary and secondary schools.

In kindergarten,children learn the appropriate attitudes and behavior for the student role.This illustrates which manifest function of education?

With the rapid growth of capitalism and factories during the______________,it became necessary for workers to have basic skills in reading,writing,and arithmetic.

Because schools bring together people of similar ages,social class,and race/ethnicity,young people often meet future marriage partners.This illustrates which latent function of education?

Detracking is a major concern to parents of______________students because they believe they should have classes that maximize their potential,rather than hold them back with less-able or less-talented students.

Discuss the conflict perspective on education and explain cultural capital and class reproduction.