Education Continued (LECTURE 4)

Question 1

Instrumental rationality

Answer 1

Choosing what’s more efficient, practical, effective means to reach desired end

Ex: politicians must balance what they think is best and what their constituents desire

Question 2

Value rationality

Answer 2

Decisions according best ethical value (most ideal and right)

• value rationality tells you what that thing to be, practical instrumentality tells you why its so far from what it is

Ex: politicians should AT ALL times make decisions according to what is best for society as a whole both in the present and future

Question 3

Rationalization

Answer 3

The process of society moving constantly toward rationality and moving away from religious motivations

• hypothesized by weber

Question 4

Shrinkflation

Answer 4

• the practice of reducing a product’s amount or volume per unit while continuing to offer at the same price

Question 5

What did Churchill say about democracy

Answer 5

The fact that democracy is a popularity contest is flawed, that ignorant people can vote on issues

Question 6

4 tenures of feminism

Answer 6

1. Society is dominated by the patriarchy
2. No real biological reason for differences between man and women in power, status, society
3. Examines operations of patriarchy in both micro and macro settings
4. Gender inequality being reduced is good for everybody/ society

Question 7

3 critiques of education

Answer 7

1. Under representation in position of power
2. Gender representation in school activities
3. Sexual harassment

Question 8

Critical race theory

Answer 8

• race is socially constructed and not biologically grounded
• progress on racial issues only occur during periods of interest convergence
• individuals cannot be understood by their membership in separate marginalized communities, meaning marginalization is intersectional

Question 9

Brain drain

Answer 9

Where developing countries are disadvantaged by losing their wealthiest and most educated citizens to emigration