Exam 12: Problems in Education

According to Clarke (1999), how were most college and bachelor degrees financed?

Functional illiterates are people who cannot read basic signs or maps, complete simple forms, or carry on many of the tasks required of an adult.

More than 70 percent of students identified as having serious emotional problems are female.

Which of the following concepts is best illustrated by the "needle torture"?

What was one of the key findings of Drolet's research (2005)?

Which of the following cities passed a by-law in March 2003 that bans harassment of people under the age of 18?

Which of the following perspectives emphasizes that the educational institution solidifies the class positions of groups and enables the elite to control the masses?

According to the symbolic interactionist perspective, the socialization function of education is really indoctrination into a capitalist ideology.

Which of the following associations parallels the relationship between race and ethnicity and educational achievement?

Minority-language education is designed to offer the minority group in a province education in their first language.

According to Althusser, the dominant class is the one that benefits the most from the educational system.

Which of the following is illustrated by the study carried out by Rosenthal and Jacobson, who identified five students as "spurters"?

In Canada, Head Start programs are directed primarily toward gifted or academically precocious children.

According to the 2000 Project Canada on teens, how many Canadian teens view violence in schools as a "very serious" problem?

In which decade were women admitted to Canada's military colleges?

In 2001, Statistics Canada reported that while the average family headed by a high school graduate enjoyed a net worth of approximately $65 000, this rose to $120,000 for a family headed by a university graduate and about $320 000 for those with a professional degree in law, medicine, and dentistry.

Which of the following perspectives says that education performs important tasks for society, including socialization, instruction, and custodial care?

According to research cited in the textbook, which children have lower odds of dropping out of school?

In 2001 in Canada, what percentage of Aboriginal people aged 25 to 64 had a university education?

Cultural capital includes language, artistic tastes, specific knowledge, and links to community and to resources outside the school.