Education

Question 1

Self‑Fulfilling Prophecy-

Answer 1

students perform
according to the expectations of their
teachers

Question 2

Conflict perspective-

Answer 2

• A) Access is determined by social class
• B) education reproduces class inequalities
• Cultural capital- Social assets that include
  values, beliefs, attitudes, and competencies in
  language and culture
  Cultural capital is the ‘right attitude’ about
  education
• Those who don’t have it, don’t do as well in
  school.
• Example- standardized tests measure social
  capital more than anything else.
  .

Question 3

Manifest Functions of education

Answer 3

Socialization
* Transmission of culture
* Social control
* Social placement
* Change and innovation

Question 4

• cultural transmission

Answer 4

The process by which children and recent
immigrants become acquainted with the dominant
cultural beliefs, values, norms, and accumulated
knowledge of self.

Question 5

Latent Functions of education

Answer 5

Restricting some activities (mandatory
education- children off street)
* Matchmaking and production of social
networks.
* Creation of a generation gap.

Question 6

tracking

Answer 6

Assignment of students to specific courses and
educational programs based on their test scores,
previous grades, or both

• ‘ability grouping’
• lowered expectations for some
• rampant in my high school, and today
• often based on ‘cultural capital’ and social class
  Conflict Perspective

Question 7

• 3. Hidden Curriculum (Conflict perspective)

Answer 7

• Transmission of cultural values and attitudes,
• such as conformity and obedience to authority,
• through implied demands found in rules, routines,
  and regulations of schools.
• Teaches lower class students to take orders,
  punctuality, respect bureaucratic authority, and tolerate high levels of boredom