Exam 12: Education

Even though females are enrolled in postsecondary education in greater numbers than males, many still find themselves being guided toward education leading to nursing, social work, and education careers. What term best identifies the reinforcement of these roles for women?

In a classroom discussion on education, Chandra extols the virtues of schools and how they promote the values that are integral to a universal and meritocratic society. Which sociological perspective has Chandra adopted?

Which of the following is a trend evidenced in the Canadian education system?

Kendra worked hard in high school and was accepted into her university of choice. In contrast, Zelda did not always work in high school and after graduation was not accepted into any university. Which aspect of the school selection processes would structural-functionalists say this illustrates?

Danielle was admitted to a very prestigious elementary school because her father was on the board of directors. With this education, she was admitted to a private high school whose graduates are accepted into the "best" universities, ensuring a strong educational base for a prestigious professional career. Danielle has experienced which of the following?

A Canadian high-school student's family moves to a foreign country for a couple of years. The student notices that the system has more specialized schools, which students enter earlier: some for specific vocations, others for academics. What term best defines this country's school structure?

What were the perceived beneficial effects of religious influences in early Canadian schools?

What is the term used to describe how schooling affects learners above and beyond the content?

Who is considered to be the "father of public schooling" in Ontario?

Explain how low-achieving students respond to their institutional environment.

Amir was telling Janus about the situation of Ahmed, a former high-school classmate. Janus, who is taking a sociology of education course exclaims, "It doesn't surprise me-it's one of the iron laws." What did Amir disclose to Janus?

For many years, colleges have been stigmatized and there has been a stereotypical notion that college students were "inferior"' to university students in intelligence, given that the vocational mandates of colleges had placed them in a subordinate position within the higher education system. According to James Knight, president of the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (2011), the biggest area of enrollment growth for colleges is driven by university graduates who are treating colleges as a de facto finishing school in order to get into the workforce. Discuss this emerging trend in postsecondary education. Are we at a point where one needs BOTH a university degree and a college education in order to be employable? Why or why not?

Educational systems that are based on sponsored mobility allow for a greater number of youth to access higher educational opportunities.

What form of educational system predominates in Canada?

According to the text, which of the following is the best term for the traditional form of education in Canada?

Trina, adopting a functionalist perspective, would argue which of the following to be a function of schooling that results in a benefit to society?

No one in the Smith family has ever gone to university. Each child is taught the family trade as he or she comes of age. By comparison, the Jones family has three generations of lawyers, all educated at the top university in Canada. This is an example of which neo-Marxist theory?

In which of the following fields of study do men predominate as undergraduates?

Research consistently indicates that education does pay, since people with more years of schooling earn higher wages and have better employment.

When Abdul wants to ask a question in class, he raises his hand. He learned this social practice in kindergarten, but it still holds true in university. What aspect of education is this an example of?