Exam 17: Education

How might Canada have overcome the problem of not having sufficient wealth to educate university professors in the early twentieth century?

Twyla is a registered nurse (RN) who has been on the job for 20 years.While her job is safe because she is unionized, she notices that all new applicants for the same job are required to have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree.What process has taken place here?

Around 1900, which two countries were the first to create systems of universal education for youth?

By limiting the number of people who can enter an occupation demand is kept high, ensuring wages are kept high.What do we call this process?

Give a symbolic interactionist account of education, along with a critique of that account.

Which of the following countries was one of the very first to link its national student body to the Internet?

Ray Rist's participant observation research in a kindergarten classroom demonstrated that the teacher grouped the children so that the "fast learners" sat at table one, the "average learners" sat at table two, and the "slow learners" sat at table three.The children at table one received more attention from the teacher and were treated better than the others, and they came to see themselves as superior to the other children.What does this situation illustrate?

Professionalization has spread widely because it restricts the numbers of people who can enter a profession and keeps wages high.

Why is education deemed to be a product, as well as a source, of wealth in a nation?

What is "concerted cultivation" (Lareau) and how does this impact an individual's educational attainment?

A variety of social commentators have argued that in order to improve the success of socially disadvantaged students, society must focus on which of the following programs?

What do we call the process whereby education enforces common standards?

Between 1988-89 and 2010-11, by what percentage did tuition rates for Canadian postsecondary students rise?

Jocelyn and Eric met in the respiratory technology program at the local university-college, where both were there on student loans.They began dating and were engaged by the end of the program.In this situation, what educational process were Jocelyn and Eric involved in?

What was the most significant outcome of the September 1969 demonstration in Montreal?

Why would children of parents who recently immigrated from Pakistan most likely be disadvantaged at school?

According to the text, which of the following is concluded respecting a comparison of male and female participation in postsecondary education today?

Research conducted by Ray Rist suggests that teachers may cause students' failures by encouraging a self-fulfilling prophecy.

According to the textbook, why are schools unsuccessful in overcoming social class differences?

Pierre Bourdieu argued that education was central to the creation and transmission of economic capital-learning and skills that ensured superior positions in productive activity.