Exam 13: Education

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?

Canadians rate our public schools favourably and believe that teachers and principals do a very good job.

With a four-year honours degree and a bachelor of education degree,Chantelle has found a job teaching in an elementary school.In the staff lunch room she has a conversation with Helen,a fellow teacher who will be retiring at the end of the year.Helen discloses that when she was hired,all that was required was a 10-month training program at a teachers' college after her Grade 13 graduation.Discuss this scenario within the context of credentialism and professionalization.

The hidden curriculum refers to students learning the skills and knowledge sets in certain courses that teachers secretly want their students to know.

Shareen took a job teaching Grade 3.She works with other female teachers and one male who is the principal.According to the text,what is this imbalance an example of?

Tammy was discussing the hidden curriculum in schools with Rachel,when Rachel retorted,"You sound like a Marxist sociologist." What did Tammy say that would garner that response?

What does the term progressive pedagogy mean?

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?

Explain how low-achieving students respond to their institutional environment.

What does the text conclude about the Maclean's magazine Canadian university rankings?

Even though females are enrolled in postsecondary education in greater numbers than males,many still find themselves being guided toward education leading to nursing,social work,and education careers.What term best identifies the reinforcement of these roles for women?

What are the issues involving the creation of gender and racial identities in education?

According to the text,what can we conclude about school choice in Canada?

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

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

Midway through October,Geneviève was asked by her aunt what she thought of her new school.Geneviève replied "Not only do they have a hidden curriculum;they also have a gendered hidden curriculum." When asked to explain,what would Geneviève say?

In her class presentation on "Education and the World of Work," what would Jaime argue if she had adopted a credentialist perspective of schooling?

Anton has adopted a Marxist perspective of the education system.Which of the following would he argue is an example of the hidden curriculum in school?

Whose work provides the basis for progressive pedagogy?

According to the text,what are the progressive attitudes associated with education?