education

Question 1

Mass education

Answer 1

-Education was viewed as essential to economic development
-Provided education to a large pop. through publicly funded schools (organized by the government)

Question 2

Credential Inflation

Answer 2

• Increase in higher qualifications for certain jobs - shuts out people with lower-income who can’t afford higher education/training

Question 3

Structural Functionalist perspective on Education

Answer 3

-Schools help maintain equilibrium of social system
-Clings to the idea of meritocracy - people are rewarded for their own achievements
-Act as a sorting mechanism for future roles in society (through allocation of grades)

Question 4

“Schools need to both serve and reflect the values and interests of the society in which they operate”

Answer 4

Talcott Parsons

Question 5

Conflict Theory

Answer 5

Schooling serves the capitalist aims of profit and compliant workers

Question 6

Bowles and Gintis (1976)

Answer 6

Students from privileged class backgrounds more likely to continue to higher levels of schooling

Question 7

Hidden Curriculum

Answer 7

Subtle presentations of political or cultural ideas in the classroom - norms, attitudes and behaviors

Question 8

Standardized testing

Answer 8

controversy surrounds such tests as it reflects the dominant culture, placing minorities at a disadvantage

Question 9

Streaming

Answer 9

Assigning students to different types of programs
- Students from wealthy families are put into university-bound streams

Question 10

Critical Pedagogy

Answer 10

• Goal is to unmask sources of oppression
• Encourage students to question and challenge power structures, social injustices, and inequalities in society.

Question 11

Symbolic interactionalism

Answer 11

Examines meanings attached to school practices

Question 12

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 12

Teacher-imposed labels can lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy - children will start behaving in such ways (lazy, troublemaker)