Deck 20: D: Education

Question 1

British law requires every child to attend school until age _____.

A)12
B)14
C)16
D)18

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Formal instruction under the direction of specially trained teachers is called:

A)instruction
B)education
C)schooling
D)learning

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What percentage of Canadian high school graduates go on to post-secondary studies?

A)23%
B)60%
C)77%
D)91%

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The national elite in Britain will most likely have attended:

A)an American university
B)home schooling facilities
C)"Oxbridge"
D)the equivalent of American public schools

Question 5

The fact that,historically,schooling has been mostly for elites is evident in the fact that the word "school" has the same root as the Greek word for:

A)"learning."
B)"wisdom."
C)"leisure."
D)"elder."

Question 6

Public schools in Britain teach:

A)only 2 or 3 academic subjects
B)the special patterns of speech of the British upper class
C)predominantly trades like electrician,roofer,etc.
D)only those from working class backgrounds

Question 7

In Great Britain,regardless of their scores on achievement examinations,the children of well-to-do families:

A)generally do not go to college.
B)must go to state universities like everyone else.
C)typically go to high-prestige private universities,including Oxford or Cambridge.
D)go to trade schools,but only if they are males.

Question 8

Getting into college in Japan,compared to the United States,is more a matter of:

A)athletic ability.
B)performance on achievement tests.
C)family ties.
D)being rich.

Question 9

Which of the following is TRUE of British education?

A)university entrance exams are a crucial as those of Japan
B)for those who score high on the entrance exams,the government pays most university costs
C)traditional social distinctions have been removed from education
D)education is mandatory until age 14

Question 10

If you were to enter a school in ancient Greece or China,the students you would find there would be mainly:

A)women.
B)soldiers.
C)the rich.
D)foreigners.

Question 11

On which of the following continents do we find the most countries with high rates of illiteracy?

A)Africa
B)Europe
C)South America
D)North America

Question 12

A separate Catholic and Protestant school system in Canada:

A)violates the principle of mass education
B)was established prior to Confederation
C)was established several years after Confederation
D)interfered with adequate fulfillment of educational requirements associated with the Industrial Revolution

Question 13

Which Canadian university was started in 1636 by the Jesuits,and,therefore,claims to be North America's oldest institution of higher education?

A)McGill
B)McMaster
C)St.Mary's
D)Laval

Question 14

The social institution within which knowledge,including basic facts,job skills as well as cultural norms and values,is transmitted to members of society is called :

A)instruction
B)education
C)schooling
D)learning

Question 15

What social force spurred the creation of mandatory education laws in Japan?

A)industrialization
B)militarization
C)family socialization
D)the Church

Question 16

Which of the following is not true of schooling in Great Britain?

A)during the Middle Ages,schooling was a privilege of the nobility
B)the Industrial Revolution created a need for an educated labour force
C)working class people demanded access to schools during the Industrial Revolution
D)law now requires every British child to attend school until age 18

Question 17

In low-income nations,most education is a matter of:

A)formal schooling and then college.
B)what parents and other community members teach their children.
C)what children can teach themselves.
D)teaching by religious leaders.

Question 18

Education is the social institution by which society provides people with important knowledge,including:

A)job skills.
B)basic facts and information.
C)cultural norms and values.
D)All of the above are correct.

Question 19

The major reason that schooling is limited in lower-income nations is that:

A)there is a lack of teachers.
B)religion forbids formal schooling.
C)most children become soldiers.
D)many poor children must work for income.

Question 20

In the world as a whole,about what share of children reach the secondary grades in school?

A)almost all
B)two-thirds
C)half
D)one-fourth

Question 21

Which of the following is a latent function of schooling?

A)ensuring some common culture
B)teaching about the Canadian way of life
C)providing child care
D)teaching job skills

Question 22

Educational development in Canada included:

A)kindergarten in the Toronto schools in 1783
B)compulsory education to age 21 in 1920
C)mass education as a response to the need for a literate and skilled workforce
D)secondary schools across the country by 1900

Question 23

The striking cultural diversity of Canada:

A)indicates the need for a strong "heritage" school system
B)increases the need for the teaching of French in the schools in non-Francophone areas
C)increases the importance of formal education as a path to social integration
D)indicates the need for cultural segregation

Question 24

Jane Elliott's simple experiment with elementary school-aged children in Iowa demonstrated:

A)the self-fulfilling prophecy
B)functional illiteracy
C)the benefits of practical education
D)the high level of competitiveness in American classrooms

Question 25

A symbolic-interaction approach to schooling would include which of the following ideas?

A)if teachers think some category of students is superior,those same students may end up doing superior work
B)teachers convey specialized knowledge that children are not likely to learn at home
C)some categories of students are tracked into better classes than others
D)schools are intended for learning,but they are also places where many people meet their eventual partners

Question 26

The functions of schooling do NOT include:

A)socializing the young.
B)creating new culture.
C)helping to integrate a diverse society.
D)contributing to downward social mobility.

Question 27

Canada,as compared to the United States,has an education system that:

A)places more emphasis on the history of the country
B)places more emphasis on the workings of our political system
C)includes frequent and varied expressions of patriotism
D)encourages respect for the cultural mosaic

Question 28

Which of the following is a latent function of schooling?

A)ensuring some common culture
B)teaching about the U.S.way of life
C)providing child-care
D)teaching job skills

Question 29

The problem of functional illiteracy means that:

A)many young people leave school without learning basic skills
B)many older people have forgotten the lessons they learned in school
C)a significant share of Canadian children never attended school
D)many teachers in Canadian schools do not know how to teach

Question 30

Competitiveness is discourage in many Canadian classrooms because:

A)we don't want to be like Americans
B)Canadians are raised in their families to avoid competition
C)The cultural mosaic of Canada is simply not compatible with competitiveness
D)Of potential damaging effects on self-esteem

Question 31

Which Canadian province scored highest in science according to the Pan-Canadian Assessment Program?

A)Alberta
B)B.C.
C)Ontario
D)Quebec

Question 32

Canada ranks _____ among industrialized countries in the proportion of twenty to twenty-four-year-olds enrolled in university.

A)first
B)second behind Britain
C)behind Sweden,the United States,and Britain
D)second to the United States only

Question 33

A report based on the Pan-Canadian Assessment Program concluded that ___________ came in significantly above the Canadian average in reading,math,and science.

A)Alberta
B)B.C.
C)Ontario
D)Quebec

Question 34

Which of the following statements applies the symbolic-interaction approach to schooling?

A)If teachers think some category of students is superior,those same students may end up doing superior work.
B)Teachers convey specialized knowledge that children are not likely to learn at home.
C)Some categories of students are tracked into better classes than others.
D)Schools are intended for learning,but they also are places where many people meet their eventual partners.

Question 35

By definition,which of the following is NOT a latent function of schooling,according to structural-functionalist analysis?

A)child care
B)inculcation of skills
C)consumes the time and energy of teenagers
D)helps establish lasting relationships

Question 36

The Hutterites have their children taught in schools within their own colonies.This is an example of:

A)resistance to social integration
B)response to religious persecution
C)geography making social integration difficult
D)resistance to cultural innovation

Question 37

Jacque Demers is discussed in your text because:

A)he was the first Quebecois to coach an NHL hockey team
B)he never learned to read and write
C)his on-ice injury left him unable to read and this changed his life dramatically
D)he never graduated from high school and yet has a graduate degree from McGill

Question 38

In Canada,as compared to the United States,there is more emphasis in the classroom on:

A)competitive individualism
B)activities that promote cooperation and sharing
C)a political component
D)obedience

Question 39

Which of the following is NOT a component of social integration in the Canadian educational system?

A)Canada has had a long experience with the challenges of multiculturalism
B)There has been an attempt made to foster Canadian nationalism while accommodating a wide variety of interest groups
C)Our educational policies have been sensitive to the problems of maintaining equality of access and unity in the face of diversity
D)We have been eager to push a national identity because of Quebec's sensitivities

Question 40

_____________ directs attention to the ways in which formal education enhances the operation and stability of society.

A)structural-functional theory
B)social-conflict theory
C)symbolic interactionism
D)ethnomethodology

Question 41

Which of the following type of theorist would emphasize that streaming advantages the rich and disadvantages the poor?

A)A structural functionalist
B)A symbolic interactionist
C)A social conflict theorist
D)A post-modernist

Question 42

What policy decision in Native education had devastating consequences for the children and their communities?

A)reservation schools
B)trade schools
C)residential schools
D)secular schools

Question 43

The subtle presentation of political or cultural ideas in the classroom is termed:

A)the hidden curriculum
B)the undiscovered curriculum
C)the missing curriculum
D)the ideal curriculum

Question 44

Which province has the highest percentage possession of university degrees?

A)B.C.
B)Nova Scotia
C)Manitoba
D)Ontario

Question 45

The perspective that asserts that schooling acts as a means of social control is:

A)structural-functional theory
B)social-conflict theory
C)symbolic interaction theory
D)ethnomethodology

Question 46

A social-conflict analysis suggests that schooling developed in the late nineteenth century because that was the time that:

A)factory owners needed an obedient and disciplined workforce.
B)immigrants had to learn English in order to work in factories.
C)the country had to teach immigrants that its way of life was right and good.
D)All of the above are correct.

Question 47

Social-conflict analysis uses the term ___________ to refer to the categorical assigning of students to different types of education programs.

A)ability placement
B)streaming
C)differential placement
D)hierarchical education

Question 48

Which of the following is TRUE about streaming,according to social-conflict analysis?

A)it is the only option when performance must be evaluated
B)it is biased in favour of students from affluent backgrounds
C)it integrates students
D)it does not have any relationship to social background

Question 49

Along with gender,________ is a strong predictor of aspirations to attend university.

A)age
B)race
C)high school performance
D)social class

Question 50

Which of the following is NOT part of the hidden curriculum in Canadian schools?

A)the teaching of compliance
B)the teaching of punctuality
C)the teaching of skills
D)the teaching of discipline

Question 51

The discipline problems presenting themselves in Canadian schools include primarily:

A)the carrying of weapons
B)daily assaults on students and teachers
C)a disdain for learning
D)the emphasis on political correctness

Question 52

Which of the following remains the most formidable barrier to enrollment in university?

A)low or moderate family income
B)difficulty in getting good grades as high schools are attempting to curtail grade inflation
C)lack of parental moral support
D)geographic distance from a post-secondary institution

Question 53

Home schooling is most prevalent in which of the following provinces?

A)Alberta
B)B.C.
C)Ontario
D)Manitoba

Question 54

One result of tracking in schools is that:

A)the brightest students get the worst teachers.
B)students do not get to study what they are interested in.
C)the students who get the best schooling are usually those who are more privileged to begin with.
D)students from disadvantaged backgrounds end up in higher tracks where they cannot do the work.