Education

Question 1

Schooled society

Answer 1

Refers to the ways in which the education systems has fundamentally changed in modern society

Question 2

3 reasons why Davies and Guppy theorized that the education system has changed

Answer 2

1) they believed there was a growth in modern schooling in Canada, particular mass enrolment in post secondary school
2) they believed schooling has become increasingly important to modern life
3) the forms and function of education are increasing and diversifying in our modern schooled society

Question 3

Manifest functions

Answer 3

Are the obvious and intended functions of school

Such as teaching basic knowledge and skills

Question 4

Latest function

Answer 4

Of education is its unintended consequences

Such as the things you learn from the people

Question 5

Latent functions fall into 3 broad categories

Answer 5

1) Socialization of young people
2) selection of people into employment
3) legitimation of certain types of knowledge

Question 6

The relationship between ______ and _______ was one of Durkheims main topics of research

Answer 6

Socialization and education

Question 7

________ was interested in how education facilitated the functioning of society in general

Answer 7

Durkheim

Question 8

Durkheim argued universal education serves the ______ is society in a number of ways

Answer 8

Needs

Question 9

Education also socializes children into the mainstream so society successfully _______ itself

Answer 9

Reproduces

Question 10

Mechanic vs organic solidarity

Explain how different

Answer 10

Mechanic solidarity means everyone is similar

Organic solidarity means people are dissimilar but interdependent

Question 11

The education system _______ individuals by awarding badges of _________

Answer 11

Selects

Ability

Question 12

_______ argued that schools are based on bureaucracies and work to confer status and prestige

Answer 12

Weber

Question 13

________ in education are not a bad thing when they produce degree efficiently

Answer 13

Bureaucracies

Question 14

________ as a way of solving problems is thinking based on four factors

Answer 14

Rationalization

Question 15

Rationalization’s four factors

Answer 15

1) predictability
2) calculability
3) efficiency
4) control

Question 16

Predictability

Answer 16

Things can be repeated with the expectation of the same result

Question 17

Calculability

Answer 17

Things can be quantified or counted

Question 18

Efficiency

Answer 18

The best means to a given end

Question 19

Control

Answer 19

The enchanted certainty of some outcome

Question 20

The proto type of rationalization in modern society is referred to as _________

Answer 20

Bureaucracy

Question 21

The rise in bureaucracies has also meant a growing need for individuals to have _______ for _____________

Answer 21

Certification for certain occupations

Question 22

Credentialing

Answer 22

When a qualification or competence is issued to an individual by a party with the authority to do so
Such as a university giving degrees

Question 23

High status groups maintain their privilege by aquiring more _____ and _____________ and keeping other from these routes

Answer 23

Education

Education credentials

Question 24

Education ________ certain kinds of knowledge and divisions in society

Answer 24

Legitimated

Question 25

________ believed education maintained inequality and the power of capitalists who are already in control of society

Answer 25

Karl Marx

Question 26

Hidden curriculum

Answer 26

Lessons that schools unintentionally taught students

Such as obedience, hard work, etc

Question 27

Human capital model

Answer 27

Theoretical explanation for why individuals attend university based on the idea that they do so in order to obtain higher paying jobs

Question 28

Defensive credentialing

Answer 28

Students attending university to obtain a degree to ensure they don’t lose any ground to the other degree holders who may have more favourable access to jobs in the labour market due to their degree

Question 29

The largest and most persistent inequality in educational outcomes is based on ______

Answer 29

Social class

Question 30

High income Canadians are more likely to attend ________ and earn degrees than _______ Canadians

Answer 30

Higher education

Lower income

Question 31

3 reasons why individuals from low income famalies don’t succeed

Answer 31

Differential expectations
Differentia association
Differential preparation

Question 32

Differential / different expectations

Answer 32

Parents in low income Famalies May have different expectations and values than high income families

Question 33

Differential association

Answer 33

Children from low income backgrounds are less likely to have role models who were high achievers or attended university

Question 34

Differential preparation

Answer 34

Students from high income famalies had more opportunities tutoring, educational trips, and books and newspapers

Question 35

Streaming

Answer 35

The practice of placing stundents with comparable skills or needs together

Question 36

Advanatage to streaming

Answer 36

Allows students to advance accordingly to their ability, helping presence interest

Question 37

Disadvantages to streaming

Answer 37

Being placed in a lower performing class may discourage the learning of students

Creates a self full filling prophecy

Question 38

What gender performs better in the educational system

Answer 38

Women

Question 39

Cultural Capital

Answer 39

The non economic social assets that Promote social mobility

earn degrees, learn a more refined style of speech, adopt elite social tastes

Question 40

Social capital

Answer 40

The collective value of all ones social networks

Its all about who you know

Question 41

Education around the world is an important institution, but the amount of ______ spent on education varies around the world

Answer 41

Money

Question 42

True or false

Most universities in Canada are publically Funded and operated

Answer 42

TRue