chapter ten

Question 1

schooled society

Answer 1

ways in which the education system has fundamentally changed in modern society
- davies and guppy

Question 2

three main reasons Davies and Guppy theorized schooled society

Answer 2

1. they believed there was a growth in modern schooling in Canada particularly mass enrollment in post-secondary education
2. they believed schooling has become increasingly important to modern life
3. the forms and functions of education are increasing and diversifying in our modern schooled society

Question 3

manifest functions

Answer 3

the obvious and intended functions

Question 4

latent functions of education

Answer 4

its unintended consequences

Question 5

functions fall into three broad categories

Answer 5

1. socialization of young people
2. selection of people in employment
3. legitimation of certain types of knowledge

Question 6

curriculum

Answer 6

the planned interaction of pupils with instructional content, materials, resources, and processes for evaluating the attainment of educational objectives

Question 7

differential expectations

Answer 7

parents in low-income families may have different expectations and values than high-income families

Question 8

differential association

Answer 8

children from low-income backgrounds are less likely to have role models who are high achievers

Question 9

differential preparation

Answer 9

students from high-income families had more opportunities for tutoring, educational trips, and books and newspapers

Question 10

streaming

Answer 10

the practice of placing students with comparable skills or needs together

Question 11

self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 11

students who are told they perform poorly, in turn, perform poorly

Question 12

corporatization

Answer 12

the restructuring or transformation of a state-owned asset or organization into a corporation.

Question 13

credentialling

Answer 13

the practice of analyzing the credentials of an individual or organization.

Question 14

cultural capital

Answer 14

the social assets of a person (education, intellect, style of speech, style of dress, social capital, etc.) that promote social mobility in a stratified society.

Question 15

curriculum

Answer 15

intended to provide an understanding of the interactions and workings of societies, their institutions, organizations, and groups.

Question 16

different expectations

Answer 16

the unwritten rules and norms that dictate how individuals should behave in different social situations.

Question 17

differential association

Answer 17

a theory that highlights the importance of learning criminal behavior through interactions with peers, family, and other social entities.

Question 18

hidden curriculum

Answer 18

a set of lessons “which are learned but not openly intended” to be taught in school such as the norms, values, and beliefs conveyed in both the classroom and social environment.

Question 19

latent functions

Answer 19

an unintended consequence or outcome of an activity or social system.

Question 20

legitimation

Answer 20

the process whereby an act, process, or ideology becomes legitimate by its attachment to norms and values within a given society

Question 21

manifest functions

Answer 21

something that a social group or institution does that is intentional and beneficial to society

Question 22

schooled society

Answer 22

a society that is actively created and defined by education.

Question 23

selection

Answer 23

a concept that refers to the non-random, societal mechanism influencing people’s social and economic status.

Question 24

self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 24

the idea that one person’s or one group’s expectations for the behavior of others can quite unintentionally help to bring about the behavior expected of those others.

Question 25

social capital

Answer 25

a set of shared values or resources that allows individuals to work together in a group to effectively achieve a common purpose

Question 26

socialization

Answer 26

A social norm exists when individuals practise a behaviour because they believe that others like them or in their community practise the behaviour

Question 27

streaming

Answer 27

grouping pupils into classes for all or most of their lessons, so that a pupil is in the same group regardless of the subject being taught.