Chapter 16- Education Flashcards
Socialization
Future preparation
Economic functions
Functions of education
Socializing young people into the habits, attitudes, and practices of contributing members of a community, religion, or nation
Socialization
Well educated employees are usually considered one of the most important factors of the economic development of a society
Economic functions
Disparity on a number of educational measures between the performance of groups of students
Inequality between the performance of groups of students
Groups defined by gender, race, ethnicity, ability, socioeconomic status
Achievement gap
Level of intellectual ability , particularly as measured by IQ tests
Intelligence
A score attained on a test of symbolic or reasoning abilities
Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
The ability to identify, assess, and control the emotions of oneself or others
Emotional intelligence
Assimilation
Credentialism
Hidden curriculum
Sociological theories
Students acquire social and psychological characteristics of other students
Students adapt behaviors of others
Sociological theory
Assimilation
Says that diploma is more important than the content of one’s education
Sociological theory
Credentialism
Says that there are traits of behavior and attitude learned at the school, but are not included in the formal curriculum
Sociological theory
Hidden Curriculum
More educated people more likely to participate in social, voluntary, civic, arts, and political events and activities
More educated people live healthier lives, live longer
More educated people more likely to marry at a later age, and be happy with married lives
Education and life outcomes
Findings:
Family background, differences in home, neighborhood, and peer environment influenced school resources and test scores
Coleman’s study of between-school effects in American education
Wrote “Savage Inequalities” in 1991
Tracking: dividing students into groups that receive different instruction on the basis of assumed similarities in ability or attainment
Jonathan Kozol
The thesis that black students do not aspire to or strive to get good grades because they think that it is perceived as “acting white”
Race and the “acting white” thesis
Abstract attitudes- ideas consistent with mainstream societal views
Concrete attitudes- ideas based on actual experience
Abstract and concrete attitudes
People who draw from both their home culture and mainstream culture to dream an attitude that allows them to be successful
Use home culture and mainstream culture to become successful
Cultural navigators
The idea that when African American students believe they are being judged as a stereotyped group, they will end up doing worse on tests
Stereotype threat
A phenomenon where being viewed through the lens of a positive stereotype may lead one to perform in such a way that confirms the positive stereotype
Stereotype promise
70-80% of telecommunications studies of emerging multimedia technologies around the world involve education
Technologies of Education
Schools with poor, outdated computer equipment will produce student who lack the skills many employers demand
Education and technology gap
The state of people who have little to no access to information technology, such as computers
Information poverty
