Exam 16: Education

Outline opportunities and challenges in colleges and universities.

Education keeps students off the street and out of the full-time job market for a number of years,thus helping keep unemployment within reasonable bounds.This illustrates which latent function of education?

Males (8.5 percent) have a higher status dropout rate than females (7.5 percent).

As student populations diversify over time,new educational programs are introduced to meet societal needs.For example,sex education,drug education,and multicultural studies have been implemented in some schools to help students learn about pressing social issues.This illustrates which manifest function of education?

Which of the following is NOT a reason given by parents for preferring to home-school their children?

Exclusion programs are designed to mainstream children with disabilities.This is accomplished by taking the special education program curriculum and integrating it with the regular education program and each child receives an individualized education plan that provides annual educational goals.

__________ is the abolition of legally sanctioned racial-ethnic segregation.

Discuss the conflict perspective on education and distinguish how the hidden curriculum is influenced by social class and results in gender bias.

__________ theorists examine educational practices that undermine female students' self-esteem and discourage them from taking certain courses,such as math and science,which were usually dominated by male teachers and students.

The percentage of people in a specific age range who are not currently enrolled in high school and who do not have a high school degree or its equivalent is referred to as the:

Durkheim asserted that moral values are the foundation of a cohesive social order and that __________ are responsible for teaching a commitment to the common morality.

Conflict theorists do not believe that public schools reduce social inequality in society; rather,they believe that schools often perpetuate class,racial/ethnic,and gender inequalities as some groups seek to maintain their privileged position at the expense of others.

The hidden curriculum affects ____________ students more than it does students from middle- and upper-income families.

As societies industrialize,the need for formal education of the masses increases significantly.In the United States,the free public school movement was started in 1848 by Horace Mann.

Affirmative Action is a term that describes policies or procedures that are intended to promote equal opportunity for categories of people deemed to have been previously excluded from equality in education,employment,and other fields on the basis of characteristics such as race or ethnicity.

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?

Storytelling and ritualistic ceremonies that convey cultural messages and provide behavioral norms are an example of:

Education serves an important purpose in all societies.At the microlevel,people must acquire the basic knowledge and skills they need to survive in society.At the macrolevel,the social institution of education is an essential component in maintaining and perpetuating the culture of a society across generations.

Describe the conflict perspective on education.

Early in the twentieth century,all states passed __________ laws that require children to attend school until they reach a specified age (usually age sixteen) or complete a minimum level of formal education (generally the eighth grade).