Exam 17: Education

Andrew is currently in grade 9 and does not do well in school but manages to keep passing into the next grade. Which of the following terms best reflects his progress through school to grade 9?

Students in Ben's science class are drilled on terms and formulas daily and if they are late for class for any reason, they must stay in at lunch, writing the formulas out perfectly 100 times. According to Pierre Bourdieu, what is Ben's class being subjected to?

How is homogeneity in schooling accomplished?

Which of the following is an important aspect of public education in Canada?

Describe what the self-fulfilling prophecy is and how it works, using an example.

Twenty-two-year-old Jack does not study much for his sociology midterm and writes a mediocre term paper. However, he is infuriated to discover that he is going into his final exam with a grade of C. Which of the following most likely accounts for his anger at his grade?

Which students leave Canadian high schools earlier than others, not graduating?

Explain the differences between educational attainment and educational achievement.

Ray Rist's participant observation research in a kindergarten classroom demonstrated that the teacher grouped the children so that the "fast learners" sat at table one, the "average learners" sat at table two, and the "slow learners" sat at table three. The children at table one received more attention from the teacher and were treated better than the others, and they came to see themselves as superior to the other children. What does this situation illustrate?

A highly educated country is always a wealthy country.

Research conducted by Ray Rist suggests that teachers may cause students' failures by encouraging a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Preparation for participation in the Canadian economy is illustrative of which of the following functions of education?

What is "concerted cultivation" (Lareau) and how does this impact an individual's educational attainment?

According to Pierre Bourdieu, teachers reinforce learning of dominant cultural values through the use of which of the following?

Give a conflict account of education, along with a critique of that account.

Explain how cultural capital advantages some children.

Pierre Bourdieu argued that education was central to the creation and transmission of economic capital-learning and skills that ensured superior positions in productive activity.

From the beginning of the twentieth century to today, IQ scores continue to increase along with social conditions such that grandchildren consistently score higher than their grandparents. What do we call this trend?

What is credential inflation?

Research conducted in Toronto determined that black students were more likely to be streamed into low-level academic programming.