Question 1

In Japan, a larger share of students graduate from high school than in Canada or the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What are the benefits of home schooling?

Accepted Answer

There are several benefits to homeschool

Question 3

What is taught in schools around the world reflects local cultures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

_____________ directs attention to the ways in which formal education enhances the operation and stability of society.

Accepted Answer

A)  Structural-functional theory 
B)  Social-conflict theory 
C)  Symbolic interactionism 
D)  Ethnomethodology 
A)  Structural-functional theory 
B)  Social-conflict theory 
C)  Symbolic interactionism 
D)  Ethnomethodology

Question 5

Home schooling is more popular in Canada than in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Aboriginal students who finish high school have the same post-secondary completion rates as the general population.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Formal instruction under the direction of specially trained teachers is called

Accepted Answer

A)  instruction. 
B)  education. 
C)  schooling. 
D)  learning. 
A)  instruction. 
B)  education. 
C)  schooling. 
D)  learning.

Question 8

What percentage of Canadians have some kind of post-secondary education?

Accepted Answer

A)  23% 
B)  64% 
C)  77% 
D)  91% 
A)  23% 
B)  64% 
C)  77% 
D)  91%

Question 9

Which of the following is TRUE of British education?

Accepted Answer

A)  University entrance exams are as crucial as those of Japan. 
B)  For those who score high on the entrance exams, the government pays most university costs. 
C)  Traditional social distinctions have been removed from education. 
D)  Education is mandatory until age 14. 
A)  University entrance exams are as crucial as those of Japan. 
B)  For those who score high on the entrance exams, the government pays most university costs. 
C)  Traditional social distinctions have been removed from education. 
D)  Education is mandatory until age 14.

Question 10

What is streaming?

Accepted Answer

Streaming refers to the technology and p

Question 11

The national elite in Britain will most likely have attended

Accepted Answer

A)  an American university. 
B)  home-schooling facilities. 
C)  "Oxbridge." 
D)  the equivalent of American public schools. 
A)  an American university. 
B)  home-schooling facilities. 
C)  "Oxbridge." 
D)  the equivalent of American public schools.

Question 12

Competitiveness is discouraged in many Canadian classrooms because

Accepted Answer

A)  we don't want to be like Americans. 
B)  Canadians are raised in their families to avoid competition. 
C)  the cultural mosaic of Canada is simply not compatible with competitiveness. 
D)  of the potential damaging effects on self-esteem. 
A)  we don't want to be like Americans. 
B)  Canadians are raised in their families to avoid competition. 
C)  the cultural mosaic of Canada is simply not compatible with competitiveness. 
D)  of the potential damaging effects on self-esteem.

Question 13

Identify several characteristics of the person who is MOST likely to attend a post-secondary institution.

Accepted Answer

The person who is most likely to attend

Question 14

Which of the following does the text NOT assert about the concept of education in Canada?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is involved with change as a catalyst. 
B)  It is a force for maintaining tradition and continuity. 
C)  It is an adaptive mechanism. 
D)  It is the weakest of the social institutions Canadians experience. 
A)  It is involved with change as a catalyst. 
B)  It is a force for maintaining tradition and continuity. 
C)  It is an adaptive mechanism. 
D)  It is the weakest of the social institutions Canadians experience.

Question 15

Public schools in Britain teach

Accepted Answer

A)  only two or three academic subjects. 
B)  the special patterns of speech of the British upper class. 
C)  predominantly trades like electrician, roofer, etc. 
D)  only those from working class backgrounds. 
A)  only two or three academic subjects. 
B)  the special patterns of speech of the British upper class. 
C)  predominantly trades like electrician, roofer, etc. 
D)  only those from working class backgrounds.

Question 16

The concept of "functionally illiteracy" refers to people who leave school before graduating.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In low-income nations, most education is a matter of

Accepted Answer

A)  formal schooling and then college. 
B)  what parents and other community members teach their children. 
C)  what children can teach themselves. 
D)  teaching by religious leaders. 
A)  formal schooling and then college. 
B)  what parents and other community members teach their children. 
C)  what children can teach themselves. 
D)  teaching by religious leaders.

Question 18

Jacque Demers is discussed in your text because

Accepted Answer

A)  he was the first Quebecois to coach an NHL hockey team. 
B)  he never learned to read and write. 
C)  his on-ice injury left him unable to read and this changed his life dramatically. 
D)  he never graduated from high school and yet has a graduate degree from McGill. 
A)  he was the first Quebecois to coach an NHL hockey team. 
B)  he never learned to read and write. 
C)  his on-ice injury left him unable to read and this changed his life dramatically. 
D)  he never graduated from high school and yet has a graduate degree from McGill.

Question 19

What are the manifest and latent functions of schooling, according to structural-functional analysis? Prepare a list of these functions for your essay, and then explain why the Canadian educational system attempts to ensure all these functions are fulfilled. Why, for example, does schooling assume latent functions of child care and the forging of lasting personal relationships? What is it about industrial society that places this role in the hands of our schooling system?

Accepted Answer

The manifest functions of schooling, acc

Question 20

One latent function of schooling is establishing social relationships and networks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 20: Education

In Japan, a larger share of students graduate from high school than in Canada or the United States.

What are the benefits of home schooling?

What is taught in schools around the world reflects local cultures.

_____________ directs attention to the ways in which formal education enhances the operation and stability of society.

Home schooling is more popular in Canada than in the United States.

Aboriginal students who finish high school have the same post-secondary completion rates as the general population.

Formal instruction under the direction of specially trained teachers is called

What percentage of Canadians have some kind of post-secondary education?

Which of the following is TRUE of British education?

What is streaming?

The national elite in Britain will most likely have attended

Competitiveness is discouraged in many Canadian classrooms because

Identify several characteristics of the person who is MOST likely to attend a post-secondary institution.

Which of the following does the text NOT assert about the concept of education in Canada?

Public schools in Britain teach

The concept of "functionally illiteracy" refers to people who leave school before graduating.

In low-income nations, most education is a matter of

Jacque Demers is discussed in your text because

One latent function of schooling is establishing social relationships and networks.

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