Exam 17: Education

Twenty-two-year-old Jack does not study much for his sociology midterm and writes a mediocre term paper.However, he is infuriated to discover that he is going into his final exam with a grade of C.Which of the following most likely accounts for his anger at his grade?

In Canada today, students are required to receive formal schooling until at least what age?

Pierre Bourdieu coined the term "subjugated knowledge," referring to descriptions and explanations of events which have been selectively devalued or ignored by the dominant groups.

In Canada in 1900, who had an enrolment in primary education of approximately 90 percent?

Men outnumber women two to one in which of the following university programs in Canada today?

Explain how cultural capital advantages some children.

What do we call the special police force that rounded up children who were absent from schools in the early years?

The logic of industrialization comes from conflict theory.

Students in Ben's science class are drilled on terms and formulas daily and if they are late for class for any reason, they must stay in at lunch, writing the formulas out perfectly 100 times.According to Bourdieu, what is Ben's class being subjected to?

Teens who wear brand-name clothing, can speak knowledgeably about travel and music, and who are savvy with the latest technological gadgets can be said to have more of which of the following in comparison with teens without these resources?

How did literacy lead to mass schooling?

In the 1700s, Edward was taught reading, mathematics, history, philosophy, and several languages.Where did he almost certainly get this education?

Which students leave Canadian high schools earlier than others, not graduating?

In Canada, lower family income is a bigger barrier to postsecondary education than is parents' lower educational attainment.

What was the purpose of the September 1969 demonstration in Montreal?

There are now more university-educated women in Canada than university-educated men.

Describe what the self-fulfilling prophecy is and how it works, using an example.

As of 2012, approximately what proportion of Canadians aged 25-64 had attained some type of postsecondary education?

Education can be used as a form of social exclusion-setting up a boundary so that certain social opportunities and positions are restricted to members of one group.

What term does Lareau use to describe the parenting style of working- and lower-class families?