Chapter 16 Flashcards
What do nations top ranked in science and math have in common?
They recruit top teachers
Major factors affecting education systems
Resources and money
Informal education
Refers to learning of cultural norms
Learning from class most that most students buy lunch on Fridays is an example of
Cultural transmission
Mill v board of education set a precedent for
access to education
Not a manifest function of education
Courtship
She wants to achieve success in marketing so she takes courses on managing social media
Social placement
Focuses on ways in which education maintains the status quo
Conflict theory
Focuses on labels acquired through the educational process
Symbolic interactionism
Assignment of students to specific education classes on the basis of test scores, perceived ability and previous grades
Tracking
Functionalist theory sees education as serving the needs of
Families, society and the individual
Rewarding students for meeting deadlines and respecting authority figures is
Transmission of moral education
Separation of students based on merit
Sorting
Conflict theory sees sorting as a way to
Perpetuate divisions of socioeconomic status
Conflict theorists see IQ tests as being biased. Why?
They reward affluent students with questions that assume knowledge associated with upper class culture
