Chapter 16- Education

Question 1

Socialization
Future preparation
Economic functions

Answer 1

Functions of education

Question 2

Socializing young people into the habits, attitudes, and practices of contributing members of a community, religion, or nation

Answer 2

Socialization

Question 3

Well educated employees are usually considered one of the most important factors of the economic development of a society

Answer 3

Economic functions

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Achievement gap

Question 5

Level of intellectual ability , particularly as measured by IQ tests

Answer 5

Intelligence

Question 6

A score attained on a test of symbolic or reasoning abilities

Answer 6

Intelligence Quotient (IQ)

Question 7

The ability to identify, assess, and control the emotions of oneself or others

Answer 7

Emotional intelligence

Question 8

Assimilation
Credentialism
Hidden curriculum

Answer 8

Sociological theories

Question 9

Students acquire social and psychological characteristics of other students
Students adapt behaviors of others

Answer 9

Sociological theory

Assimilation

Question 10

Says that diploma is more important than the content of one’s education

Answer 10

Sociological theory

Credentialism

Question 11

Says that there are traits of behavior and attitude learned at the school, but are not included in the formal curriculum

Answer 11

Sociological theory

Hidden Curriculum

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Education and life outcomes

Question 13

Findings:
Family background, differences in home, neighborhood, and peer environment influenced school resources and test scores

Answer 13

Coleman’s study of between-school effects in American education

Question 14

Wrote “Savage Inequalities” in 1991
Tracking: dividing students into groups that receive different instruction on the basis of assumed similarities in ability or attainment

Answer 14

Jonathan Kozol

Question 15

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”

Answer 15

Race and the “acting white” thesis

Question 16

Abstract attitudes- ideas consistent with mainstream societal views

Concrete attitudes- ideas based on actual experience

Answer 16

Abstract and concrete attitudes

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Cultural navigators

Question 18

The idea that when African American students believe they are being judged as a stereotyped group, they will end up doing worse on tests

Answer 18

Stereotype threat

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Stereotype promise

Question 20

70-80% of telecommunications studies of emerging multimedia technologies around the world involve education

Answer 20

Technologies of Education

Question 21

Schools with poor, outdated computer equipment will produce student who lack the skills many employers demand

Answer 21

Education and technology gap

Question 22

The state of people who have little to no access to information technology, such as computers

Answer 22

Information poverty