Exam 13: Education and Religion

What is the MOST popular way to accomplish gatekeeping?

Who was the sociologist who observed that industrialized nations are becoming credential societies?

Statistics accumulated since 1992 show school deaths have progressively increased due to shootings every year.

Renee has difficulty reading and writing. However,despite her problems with reading and writing,she has been passed into the next grade every year. This is an example of ________.

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania is one of the largest "wheelchair" universities in the United States,providing access of all programs to all students and establishing special wheelchair programs in sports competition. This is an example of ________.

Discuss how the Rist Research depicts academic success. Are the Rist findings applicable in today's schools? Why or why not?

From a functionalist perspective,what is the teaching of knowledge and skills that reinforces positive consequences in students?

In Japan,a philosophy based on cooperation and group effort ensures virtually every student qualifies for admission to college.

In the Ray Rist study,what was the basis of selection used by the kindergarten teacher to assign students to their respective reading groups?

Who developed the concept of self-fulfilling prophecy that explains why originally false assumptions become true because the outcome was predicted?

Of the following,what would cults and sects be more likely to stress?

How do symbolic interactionists view religion? What are the major aspects of religion that are most aligned with the symbolic interactionist perspective?

Why is the United States becoming more and more of a credential society?

This theologian proposed that God has predestined some people to go to heaven and others to hell at the time of their birth.

What was the average number of deaths in school between 1992 and 1999 compared to the average number of deaths between 2000 and 2007? In view of this,what general conclusions can be drawn about the response officials have made to school shootings?

What is state religion? Provide an example.

Karl Marx called religion "the opium of the people" and opposed religion. Why then,would political leaders support or acknowledge religion,even in a democracy that requires a separation of church and state?

What emphasis did Weber place on capitalism in his book,The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism?

Discuss how Japanese education is related to its culture and economy.

Using exceptionally simple questions on an exam and "dummying down" grading scales so everyone passes are examples of a growing problem in education called ________.