Education

Question 1

functions/dysfunctions of schooling

Answer 1

• to educate (not all emerge successfully)
• to socialize (could impose biased cultural dominant values)
• to select and develop (sorting process is not just based on merit, therefore perpetuates social inequalities)

Question 2

functional illiteracy

Answer 2

the inability to read or write well enough to function in society

Question 3

innumeracy

Answer 3

having insufficient math skills to function in society

Question 4

The coleman report

Answer 4

1966, confirms the achievement gap between black and white students

Question 5

credentialism

Answer 5

overemphasis on credentials as determinants of social status and job qualifications

Question 6

stereotype threat

Answer 6

members of a group are placed in a situation where they fear they may confirm the negative stereotypes

Question 7

inequalities in school

Answer 7

racial gap, gender gap, family size & spacing, socioeconomic class

Question 8

resource dilution model

Answer 8

as the number of children in the family increases, the finite parental resources accrued by any one child decline

Question 9

affirmative action

Answer 9

to try to balance structural inequalities; set of policies that grant preferential treatment to particular subgroups