Exam 12: Education and School

Describe the traditionalist-progressive debate has influenced U.S.education from the 1950s until the present.What factors have played a role in terms of which view became dominant?

Academic motivation likely declines in middle school because:

What percent of Americans with diplomas earned a GED certificate rather than graduated from high school?

The aggregate of the courses of study offered in a school is that school's:

All of the following are true of magnet schools EXCEPT:

What are the research findings concerning the roles of pregnancy and fatherhood in the high school dropout rate?

When students can't see any connection between their school subjects and their future roles in society,which of the dimensions of alienation becomes stronger?

Approximately what percent of American high school students are home schooled?

Students work harder and learn more if their teacher:

Approximately what percent of American high school students attend private schools?

Compare and contrast the views of educational traditionalists and progressives.

Ling is alienated from high school mostly because she doesn't see how the courses are relevant to her life.This illustrates which dimension of alienation?

During the U.S.Depression era public education became more:

The educational philosopher,John Dewey,was a champion of ________ education.

From which high school curriculum do most dropouts and unemployed youths come?

Discuss how family relationships,as well as the congruence between home and school,relate to dropping out.

List and describe three curricula that are taught in most comprehensive high schools.

By the late 1970s,40% of all high school students were taking a ________ course of study.

Discuss some of the characteristics that define good teachers.

Traditionalists have argued that the purpose of education is to teach the basics including all of the following EXCEPT: