Exam 12: Education and Religion.

A(n) __________ function in education includes teaching specific subjects, such as science, mathematics, reading, history, and English.

Discuss the issues of funding and racial segregation facing the United States education system.

Census data reflect that the highest levels of educational attainment are held by __________.

Because of the intertwining of group consciousness and society, functionalist suggest that religion has three important functions in any society. Which of the following was not identified as a function of religion?

In the debate over creationism and evolutionism, advocates of creationism view their belief as founded in __________ (Biblical) teachings.

According to functionalists, the process of labeling is directly related to the power and status of those persons who do the labeling and those who are being labeled. For some students, labeling amounts to a self-fulfilling prophecy.

All social institutions, including education, have some __________, which are hidden, unstated, and sometimes unintended consequences of activities within an organization or institution.

In the debate over creationism and evolutionism, advocates of evolutionism argue that their beliefs are based on __________ (provable scientific) facts.

Discuss the issue of bullying.

__________ refers to the practice of assigning students to specific curriculum groups and courses on the basis of their test scores, previous grades, or other criteria.

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

__________ does not acknowledge specific gods or supernatural spirits but focuses nstead on impersonal forces that may exist in people or natural objects.

Conflict theorists believe that education contributes to the maintenance of society and provides people with an opportunity for self-enhancement and upward social mobility. From this perspective, students must be taught to put the group's needs ahead of their individual desires and aspirations.

The beliefs of __________ include the following: God's nature and will are revealed in the Torah (Hebrew scripture) and in His intervention in history. God has established a covenant with the people of Israel, who are called to a life of holiness, justice, mercy, and fidelity to God's law.

Distinguish between the different types of religious organizations.

__________ refers to a belief in more than one god.

__________ includes the following beliefs: The sayings of Confucius (collected in the Analects) stress the role of virtue and order in the relationships among individuals, their families, and society.

Ethnic and class differences are significant in dropout rates. For example, __________ have the highest dropout rate (24.0 percent) in U.S. schools.

A classic form of labeling and the self-fulfilling prophecy occurs through the use of __________ tests, which claim to measure a person's inherent intelligence, apart from any family or school influences on the individual.

Education serves at least three latent functions. Which of the following was not identified as a latent function of education?