Question 1

In Canada today, students are required to receive formal schooling until at least what age?

Accepted Answer

A)  12 
B)  14 
C)  16 
D)  18 
A)  12 
B)  14 
C)  16 
D)  18

Question 2

What do we call the process whereby education enforces common standards?

Accepted Answer

A)  multiculturalism 
B)  pluralism 
C)  homogenizing 
D)  winnowing 
A)  multiculturalism 
B)  pluralism 
C)  homogenizing 
D)  winnowing

Question 3

Why is education often a highly contested issue?

Accepted Answer

A)  because it has power to shape the future through how and what pupils are taught 
B)  because it teaches pupils attitudes, preferences, and behaviours in line with separatism 
C)  because it demonstrates how many pupils are educated to take on leadership roles in the future 
D)  because it sorts pupils into three political streams: conservative, liberal, and social democratic 
A)  because it has power to shape the future through how and what pupils are taught 
B)  because it teaches pupils attitudes, preferences, and behaviours in line with separatism 
C)  because it demonstrates how many pupils are educated to take on leadership roles in the future 
D)  because it sorts pupils into three political streams: conservative, liberal, and social democratic

Question 4

Give a symbolic interactionist account of education, along with a critique of that account.

Accepted Answer

Symbolic interactionism is a sociologica

Question 5

In which nation did a publicly funded, tax-supported education system first arise in conjunction with democracy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Canada 
B)  the United States 
C)  France 
D)  England 
A)  Canada 
B)  the United States 
C)  France 
D)  England

Question 6

One of the most widely repeated findings worldwide is that social class strongly affects how much education people attain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

According to the textbook, what can we conclude about educational attainment for youth from all class backgrounds over the past half century?

Accepted Answer

A)  It has steadily risen over the last 50 years. 
B)  It is relatively the same as ever. 
C)  It is realistically only for the rich. 
D)  It has steadily declined over the last 50 years. 
A)  It has steadily risen over the last 50 years. 
B)  It is relatively the same as ever. 
C)  It is realistically only for the rich. 
D)  It has steadily declined over the last 50 years.

Question 8

In the 1400s, which of the following people was most likely to be literate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jim Sweeney, a textile artisan 
B)  Thaddeus Bennett, a priest 
C)  Jonathan Williams, a wealthy landowner 
D)  Timothy Phillips, a rich mercantilist 
A)  Jim Sweeney, a textile artisan 
B)  Thaddeus Bennett, a priest 
C)  Jonathan Williams, a wealthy landowner 
D)  Timothy Phillips, a rich mercantilist

Question 9

Students who are accepting of the hidden curriculum are twice as likely to continue on to postsecondary education in Canada.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

How does credential inflation benefit employers?

Accepted Answer

Credential inflation, also known as degr

Question 11

Just after she entered high school Heather began to develop a keen interest in environmental issues, so she spearheaded the school recycling program. She is often frustrated with many of her teachers because they do not seem to understand the importance of her program. What function of education is illustrated here?

Accepted Answer

A)  classification of assortative sorting 
B)  creation of professionalization 
C)  development of youth culture 
D)  fostering of a common cultural identity 
A)  classification of assortative sorting 
B)  creation of professionalization 
C)  development of youth culture 
D)  fostering of a common cultural identity

Question 12

What is the hidden curriculum?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the hidden curriculum?...

Question 13

How was Canada able to maintain a universal system of mass education in the early years?

Accepted Answer

A)  by providing students who attended school regularly with financial incentives 
B)  by providing families of children who attended school regularly with an allowance on a per-enrolled-child basis 
C)  by creating laws that made school attendance by children compulsory 
D)  by creating small agricultural schools that taught farming education along with academic education 
A)  by providing students who attended school regularly with financial incentives 
B)  by providing families of children who attended school regularly with an allowance on a per-enrolled-child basis 
C)  by creating laws that made school attendance by children compulsory 
D)  by creating small agricultural schools that taught farming education along with academic education

Question 14

Phoenix manages to obtain good grades on her assignments and tests, despite having very poor attendance and thinking that school is a complete waste of time. What has she failed to embrace?

Accepted Answer

A)  a self-fulfilling prophecy 
B)  false consciousness 
C)  the hidden curriculum 
D)  a meritocracy 
A)  a self-fulfilling prophecy 
B)  false consciousness 
C)  the hidden curriculum 
D)  a meritocracy

Question 15

Educational attainment is largely an outcome of individual talent and hard work and is a term for how much students actually learn. By contrast, educational achievement is the number of years of school completed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

A core belief of early Protestantism was that Christians should experience the word of God directly. What did this belief lead to in the 1500s?

Accepted Answer

A)  more people entering religious orders 
B)  more people entering religious colleges 
C)  more people acquiring literacy skills 
D)  more people acquiring ministerial skills 
A)  more people entering religious orders 
B)  more people entering religious colleges 
C)  more people acquiring literacy skills 
D)  more people acquiring ministerial skills

Question 17

What do we call the expectation of an outcome that causes what it predicts?

Accepted Answer

A)  a self-fulfilling prophecy 
B)  a speculative inquiry 
C)  intellectual curiosity 
D)  exclusion prediction 
A)  a self-fulfilling prophecy 
B)  a speculative inquiry 
C)  intellectual curiosity 
D)  exclusion prediction

Question 18

Pierre Bourdieu coined the term "subjugated knowledge," referring to descriptions and explanations of events which have been selectively devalued or ignored by the dominant groups.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Why do IQ and school tests often fail to accurately measure intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A)  because they fail to account for differences in cultural capital 
B)  because they are part of an increasingly professionalized curriculum 
C)  because they are designed to deceive test-takers, so they do not really measure "intelligence" 
D)  because they are biased according to dominant cultural values and experiences 
A)  because they fail to account for differences in cultural capital 
B)  because they are part of an increasingly professionalized curriculum 
C)  because they are designed to deceive test-takers, so they do not really measure "intelligence" 
D)  because they are biased according to dominant cultural values and experiences

Question 20

Ray Rist's participant observation research in a kindergarten classroom demonstrated that the teacher streamed the children in different groups based upon which of the following social characteristics?

Accepted Answer

A)  gender 
B)  social class 
C)  IQ score 
D)  ethnicity 
A)  gender 
B)  social class 
C)  IQ score 
D)  ethnicity

Exam 17: Education

In Canada today, students are required to receive formal schooling until at least what age?

What do we call the process whereby education enforces common standards?

Why is education often a highly contested issue?

Give a symbolic interactionist account of education, along with a critique of that account.

In which nation did a publicly funded, tax-supported education system first arise in conjunction with democracy?

One of the most widely repeated findings worldwide is that social class strongly affects how much education people attain.

According to the textbook, what can we conclude about educational attainment for youth from all class backgrounds over the past half century?

In the 1400s, which of the following people was most likely to be literate?

Students who are accepting of the hidden curriculum are twice as likely to continue on to postsecondary education in Canada.

How does credential inflation benefit employers?

What is the hidden curriculum?

How was Canada able to maintain a universal system of mass education in the early years?

Phoenix manages to obtain good grades on her assignments and tests, despite having very poor attendance and thinking that school is a complete waste of time. What has she failed to embrace?

Educational attainment is largely an outcome of individual talent and hard work and is a term for how much students actually learn. By contrast, educational achievement is the number of years of school completed.

A core belief of early Protestantism was that Christians should experience the word of God directly. What did this belief lead to in the 1500s?

What do we call the expectation of an outcome that causes what it predicts?

Pierre Bourdieu coined the term "subjugated knowledge," referring to descriptions and explanations of events which have been selectively devalued or ignored by the dominant groups.

Why do IQ and school tests often fail to accurately measure intelligence?

Ray Rist's participant observation research in a kindergarten classroom demonstrated that the teacher streamed the children in different groups based upon which of the following social characteristics?

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