Chapter 12

Question 1

Assimilation Models (models of public education on canada)

Answer 1

• monocultural model that emphasizes assimilation into dominant culture (white protestant histoically in Canada)

Question 2

multicultural education, assumptions related to it

Answer 2

Policy of multiculturalims (1971)
preseve & promote cultural diversity
improve educatinal achievement
promote equality of oppurtunity
reduce prejuice & discrimination
"musum apporach" void of complecity & validity

Question 3

Anti Racism & Anti-oppression education

Answer 3

recognize racial inequalities exist, systemic in Canada

rectify inequalities thorugh a change in individual attitudes and behaviours

Question 4

Hidden Curriculum

Answer 4

unstared or unoffical goals of education system

Question 5

Public Educations creation of the docile body, in three ways by Foucault

Answer 5

1. Hiearchial observation & judgement: people controlled through observation & surveillance
2. judgment normalization: judged on how your actions rank
3. examination: diferentation though individuals, judging

Question 6

Five different Types of schools

Answer 6

(1) working class schools: students parents, semi/unskilled, umemployed
work focused on following steps of procedure, no decison making
(2) middle class schools: parents work in skilled well paid trades, or own small bussiness, work focused on getting the right answers by following directions
(3) affluent profesional schools: parent are cooperate layers, engineers, executuves, work focused on expressing ideas, individual thought, creativity
(4) executive elite schools: parents are vive presidents, presidents of cooperations, work focused on intellcutal devlopment, reasoning though problem solving,

Question 7

Disqualified Knowledges

Answer 7

the knowledges that have been disqualified as inadequent

Question 8

human capital thesis

Answer 8

marginalized groups earn less money than dominate groups because they posses less human capital (education, skills)

Question 9

relative deprivation

Answer 9

when an individual/group feels deprived compared to a domiant group

Question 10

Commodification

Answer 10

the tend to treat something as though it were an object to be bought or sold

Question 11

Malacida’s 3 ways in which children are sorted

Answer 11

1. truency laws - punich poor attendence
2. tests/curriculum stadarish expections for succes
3. “health” testing, thru medical exams

Question 12

5 issues in Post Secondary

Answer 12

1. long term adjuncet instructors: increase in postsecondary students, reduced govn’t funding, increase private fund
2. online teaching: accesability, tech improv., cuts to funding, alination, no disscussion ideas
3. McJobs - too many of us not enough jobs
4. plagerism - they tell us not to do it, but they do it,
5. culture: wester:competition, “put in on words” other cultures dont do this

Question 13

(oakes) definied tracking:

Answer 13

dividing students up, reproducing classes

Question 14

instrumental education

Answer 14

limited tasks, not to spark creativity or ideas

Question 15

Focult docile body is achieved by (3)

Answer 15

1. hieaarchical obsevation: control
2. normalizing judgement: ranking
3. examination: classed placed