25. What are the major factors affecting education systems throughout the world?
• Resources and money
• Student interest
• Teacher interest
• Transportation
26. What do nations that are top-ranked in science and math have in common?
• They are all in Asia.
• They recruit top teachers.
• They spend more money per student.
• They use cutting-edge technology in classrooms.
27. Informal education _.
• Describes when students teach their peers
• Refers to the learning of cultural norms
• Only takes place at home
• Relies on a planned instructional process
28. Learning from classmates that most students buy lunch on Fridays is an example of _.
• Cultural transmission
• Educational access
• Formal education
• Informal education
29. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was an impetus for _.
• Access to education
• Average spending on students
• Desegregation of schools
• Higher salaries for teachers
30. Which of the following is not a manifest function of education?
• Cultural innovation
• Courtship
• Social placement
• Socialization
31. Because she plans on achieving success in marketing, Tammie is taking courses on managing social media. This is an example of _.
• Cultural innovation
• Social control
• Social placement
• Socialization
32. Which theory of education focuses on the ways in which education maintains the status quo?
• Critcal sociology
• Piaget’s theory
• Functionalist theory
• Symbolic interactionism
33. Which theory of education focuses on the labels acquired through the educational process?
• Critical sociology
• Feminist theory
• Functionalist theory
• Symbolic interactionism
34. What term describes the assignment of students to specific education programs and classes on the basis of test scores, previous grades, or perceived ability?
• Hidden curriculum
• Labelling
• Self-fulfilling prophecy
• Tracking
35. Functionalist theory sees education as serving the needs of _.
• Families
• Society
• The individual
• All of the above
36. Rewarding students for meeting deadlines and respecting authority figures is an example of _.
• A latent function
• A manifest function
• Informal education
• Transmission of moral education
37. What term describes the separation of students based on merit?
• Cultural transmission
• Social control
• Sorting
• Hidden curriculum
38. Critical sociologists see sorting as a way to _.
• Challenge gifted students
• Perpetuate divisions of socioeconomic status
• Help students who need additional support
• Teach respect for authority
39. Critical sociologists see IQ tests as being biased. Why?
• They are scored in a way that is subject to human error.
• They do not give children with learning disabilities a fair chance to demonstrate their true intelligence.
• They don’t involve enough test items to cover multiple intelligences.
• They reward affluent students with questions that assume knowledge associated with upper-class culture.
40. What are the major factors affecting education systems throughout the world?
• Resources and money
• Student interest
• Teacher interest
• Transportation