Question 1

Describe the functionalist perspective on education and note the societal importance of latent functions fulfilled by this social institution.

Accepted Answer

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Question 2

Perhaps the earliest __________ occurred in ancient Greece and Rome,where philosophers such as Socrates,Plato,and Aristotle taught elite males the skills required to become thinkers and orators who could engage in the art of persuasion.

Accepted Answer

A)  manifest education 
B)  institutional education 
C)  primary education 
D)  formal education

Question 3

Tracking refers to the practice of assigning students to specific curriculum groups and courses on the basis of their test scores,previous grades,or other criteria.Conflict theorists believe that tracking seriously affects many students' educational performance and their overall academic accomplishments.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Founded to overcome racism experienced by this population of students in traditional four-year colleges and to shrink the high dropout rate among college students of this same population,37 colleges are now chartered and run by ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)  African American communities 
B)  Native American nations 
C)  Asian communities 
D)  Hispanic communities

Question 5

__________ is the process by which children and recent immigrants become acquainted with the dominant cultural beliefs,values,norms,and accumulated knowledge of a society.

Accepted Answer

A)  Cultural discovery 
B)  Cultural transmission 
C)  Cultural diffusion 
D)  Cultural absorption

Question 6

One study,cited in the text,of five elementary schools in different communities found significant differences in how knowledge was transmitted to students.Which of the following observations was NOT
Found?

Accepted Answer

A)  Schools for working-class students emphasize procedures and rote memorization without much decision making, choice, or explanation of why something is done a particular way. 
B)  Schools for affluent students focus on creative activities in which students express their own ideas and apply them to the subject under consideration. 
C)  Schools for middle-class students emphasize procedures and rote memorization without much decision-making, choice, or explanation of why something is done a particular way. 
D)  Schools for students from elite families work to develop students' analytical powers and critical thinking skills, applying abstract principles to problem solving.

Question 7

___________ allows children with disabilities to work with a wide variety of people,including a regular education teacher,a special education teacher,a speech therapist,an occupational therapist,a physical therapist,and a resource therapist.

Accepted Answer

A)  Disabilities segregation 
B)  Inclusion 
C)  Individualization 
D)  Exclusion

Question 8

During the Middle Ages,the first colleges and universities were developed under the auspices of:

Accepted Answer

A)  the government 
B)  the military 
C)  the Catholic church 
D)  the political organizations

Question 9

Schools promote awareness of and appreciation for cultural differences so that students can work and compete successfully in a diverse society and a global economy.This illustrates which manifest function of education?

Accepted Answer

A)  socialization 
B)  transmission of culture 
C)  multicultural education 
D)  change and innovation

Question 10

Schools play an active part in the process of assimilation,whereby recent immigrants learn dominant values,attitudes,and behavior so that they can be productive members of society.This illustrates which manifest function of education?

Accepted Answer

A)  socialization 
B)  transmission of culture 
C)  social control 
D)  change and innovation

Question 11

In their controversial book The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life,Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray argue that intelligence is:

Accepted Answer

A)  strictly an environmental phenomenon 
B)  genetically inherited 
C)  not related to a person's racial-ethnic group "intelligence genes" 
D)  not something that can be measured accurately

Question 12

According to the text's discussion of unequal funding as a source of inequality in education,which of the following is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Of the small proportion of school funding that comes from the federal government, most funds are earmarked for special programs that specifically target disadvantaged students or students with disabilities. 
B)  Most educational funds are derived from state and federal income taxes. 
C)  The property tax base for central city schools has continued to grow in most regions. 
D)  Recent redistribution of funds has made many schools' resources more equitable than in the past.

Question 13

From a global perspective,describe formal education in postindustrial societies.

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

In the United States,the free public school movement was started in 1848 by __________,who stated that education should be the "great equalizer."

Accepted Answer

A)  Thomas Jefferson 
B)  John Adams 
C)  Horace Mann 
D)  Noah Webster

Question 15

__________ refers to providing free,public schooling for wide segments of a nation's population.

Accepted Answer

A)  Mass education 
B)  Formal education 
C)  State education 
D)  National education

Question 16

A __________ is an unsubstantiated belief or prediction resulting in behavior that makes the originally false belief come true.

Accepted Answer

A)  self-fulfilling prophecy 
B)  learning disability 
C)  defeating perception 
D)  fallacy of reasoning

Question 17

Although __________ societies have a written language,few people know how to read and write,and formal education is often reserved for the privileged.

Accepted Answer

A)  preliterate 
B)  preindustrial 
C)  industrial 
D)  postindustrial

Question 18

Looking at the future of education,experts say that __________ is here to stay.This will include both the export of students from countries such as India and China to other countries to study,and the development of top-tier research universities in countries,including China,Singapore,and Saudi Arabia,where students may study without living abroad.

Accepted Answer

A)  the urbanization of education 
B)  McUniversity 
C)  university globalization 
D)  the diversification of education

Question 19

One goal of Obama's blueprint for education is to increase the role of __________ in raising standards for all students and providing them with a well-rounded education so that they can contribute as citizens to the process of democracy and learn to thrive in a global economy.

Accepted Answer

A)  families 
B)  government 
C)  religions institutions 
D)  teachers

Question 20

The term used to describe a situation in which a person who is better
Qualified but denied enrollment in an educational program or employment
In a specific position as a result of another person receiving preferential
Treatment as a result of affirmative action is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  discrimination 
B)  reverse discrimination 
C)  prejudice 
D)  inequality

Exam 16: Education