Exam 12: Education

Educational attainment for youth from all class backgrounds has steadily declined over the past half century.

Trying to make Batool feel welcome in her new school, the teacher asked her to describe how her family had spent the Christmas holidays. Since her family does not celebrate Christmas, Batool felt more alone and different from her classmates. What is this an example of?

Murray Milner suggests that high-school cliques have status functions that are similar to another form of social structure. What is it?

Riverview College School is a private coed boarding school attended by those who can afford the $45,000 tuition every year. Which of the following would best identify how this school works as a powerful socializer of dominant class values?

When Ada attended high school in the 1950s, home economics was a course that was offered for female students while male students were allowed to take wood shop and auto mechanics. What term describes this course arrangement?

Researchers have made empirical observations that are replicated time and again, showing that students coming from families with lower socioeconomic status in society are disadvantaged in school completion rates, types of programs, and lower grades. According to sociologists, what do these consistent empirical findings form?

Who or what was first involved in the organization of schools in Canada?

The teacher gives her Grade 3 students a star every time they get a perfect score on the weekly spelling test. At the end of the year, the student with the most stars gets a prize. This contest teaches students the benefits of which of the following?

When it comes to boys and girls in the classroom, boys consistently have more conflict with teachers because they talk out of turn, show up late, don't do their homework, and act out in class. According to sociologists, what term best describes the part of schooling that boys have problems with?

Sylvia argues that the very design of mass public schooling ensures that people who are born disadvantaged remain disadvantaged. Which sociological perspective provides the basis for Sylvia's argument?

A new immigrant to Canada attends high school and finds that his choices for course selection are wide open compared to his home country, where students are separated into highly specialized secondary schools. What term best defines this Canadian school structuring?

When comparing males and females in education, which of the following would be accurate?

According to the text, which of the following is concluded respecting a comparison of males and females in education today?

In a class debate, Bob is required to defend the Marxist position that school is primarily a system designed to reinforce capitalism. Which of the following examples would he give to support his argument?

Raymond was not a strong student in math or English. However, when he took up the flute in music class, he thrived. Ultimately, he became a music teacher. What change in educational approaches made this possible?

Females in Canada drop out of high school in greater numbers, graduate less often, and fail to enter universities more often in comparison with their male counterparts.

There is no evidence that private schools offer higher quality schooling than regular public schools do.

Identify and briefly define the three basic roles of education.

Hans, an exchange student from Germany, was describing his elementary and high school years to his Canadian classmates. At the age of 11, he and his classmates had to write a qualifying exam and those who passed (and he was one of them) were allowed entrance into the Gymnasium and those who did not pass went to the Hauptschule. In his final year, he wrote the Abitur exam and went on to university, while Hauptschule students went on to vocational studies. What term is used to describe Hans' educational arrangement?

According to the text, which of the following effects can youth subcultures have in the educational environment?