Deck 10: Education

Question 1

Choose the incorrect option.South African school education system from 1994 __________.

A)Introduced new syllabi in an attempt to undo apartheid education practices.
B)Faced huge challenges with democratising schools so that they became non-racial, non-sexist and equal opportunity.
C)Successfully introduced the Outcomes-based Education system unde the Curriculum 2005 new syllabus.
D)Failed to successfully implement the Curriculum 2005 new syllabus based on Outcomes-based education.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Choose the incorrect option.The #FeesMustFall movement in South African higher education sought to _________

A)use protests to bring about changes in higher education in South Africa.
B)undo the racial and colonial education that is said to still exist in higher education in South Africa.
C)get government to raise the requirements for student entrance to universities.
D)ensure a more affordable fees structure and zero percent fees increases in higher education.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In the broadest sense, education is

A)a purposeful, planned effort to impart specific skills.
B)a programme of formal and systematic instruction.
C)those experiences that train, discipline and develop mental and physical potential.
D)spontaneous, unplanned exposure to ideas.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Although all countries in the world have education-based programmes that address social problems, __________ is unique in that education is viewed as the primary solution to many of its problems.

A)South Africa
B)Japan
C)Canada
D)Mexico

Question 5

Which one of the following characteristics applies to the process of informal education?

A)Purposeful
B)Systematic
C)Spontaneous
D)Planned

Question 6

Transmitting skills, contributing to personal reflection and change, and integrating diverse populations are considered __________ of education.

A)social functions
B)informal aspects
C)formal aspects
D)the self-fulfulling prophecy

Question 7

Ideally, schools channel the best-skilled people into the most desirable and important careers and the least-skilled people into careers believed to require no special talent.According to functionalists, this is an example of _________________________ of education.

A)a social function
B)the social stratification
C)an unequal system
D)the compulsory nature

Question 8

____________ argue that schools simply perpetuate the inequalities of the larger society.

A)Structural strain theorists
B)Conflict theorists
C)Symbolic interactionists
D)Functionalists

Question 9

__________ argue that schools contribute to the smooth operation of society by facilitating change and progress, contributing basic and applied research, and integrating diverse populations.

A)Conflict theorists
B)Symbolic interactionists
C)Functionalists
D)Labeling theorists

Question 10

A programme of formal and systematic instruction that takes place primarily in classrooms is

A)instruction.
B)schooling.
C)curriculum.
D)skill-specific instruction.

Question 11

Outcomes-based education (OBE) under the new Curriculum 2005 syllabus failed in South Africa because it _____________.

A)was overambitious and poorly managed with shortages of textbooks.
B)was an unequal system.
C)privileged one group over another group.
D)did not provide online learning.

Question 12

________ occurs in a spontaneous, unplanned way.

A)Informal education
B)Formal education
C)Tracking
D)Education

Question 13

The SA Education Department Action Plan 2014 outlined a number of measurable outputs.Which one of the following is not one of these measures?

A)Improve the quality of teaching and learning in schools.
B)Undertake regular assessments to track progress.
C)Improve early childhood development.
D)To emulate the learning in the top 50 schools in the world.

Question 14

When sociologists study __________, they focus on the formal and informal social interactions that train, discipline, or shape (or reshape) the mind and body in planned and unplanned ways.

A)curriculum
B)education
C)schooling
D)the adolescent subculture

Question 15

The means by which instructors pass on the values, knowledge, and skills that they or others have defined as important for success in the world is known as

A)informal education.
B)schooling.
C)syllabi.
D)curriculum.

Question 16

Questions such as 'which groups are most likely to drop out of high school and which are most likely to attend college?' and 'who writes the curriculum?' would be of interest to a

A)functionalist.
B)conflict theorist.
C)social stratification theorist.
D)symbolic interactionist.

Question 17

Schooling is _________________

A)a programme of formal, systematic instruction.
B)unplanned and spontaneous.
C)intended primarily to take place in classrooms.
D)Intended to include extracurricular activities and out-of-classroom assignments.

Question 18

Choose the incorrect option.South Africa's education system was __________.

A)based on over 50 years of apartheid education.
B)under apartheid based on a racialised system of education.
C)transformed in the post-1994 democratic period to be non-racial.
D)based on equal opportunity before 1994.

Question 19

__________ is a purposeful, planned effort intended to impart specific skills and modes of thought.

A)Informal education
B)Formal education
C)Socialisation
D)Education

Question 20

Which one of the following characteristics does not apply to the process of formal education?

A)Purposeful
B)Systematic
C)Spontaneous
D)Planned

Question 21

A self-fulfilling prophecy begins with

A)an accurate assessment of a situation.
B)a hidden curriculum.
C)misguided parenting.
D)a false definition of a situation.

Question 22

The various academic subjects make up the ______ curriculum.

A)core
B)hidden
C)formal
D)manifest

Question 23

According to sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, high school dropouts come to know and internalise what is objectively possible for someone with their educational credentials, and as a result, are not likely to expect a high income.This internalised reality is known as

A)the social position.
B)the habitus.
C)cultural capital.
D)class privilege.

Question 24

A maths problem that asks 'a sweet factory produced 30 million sweets but sold only 13 million.What percentage of the sweets was sold?' sends a message to learners that companies should not produce more than they sell.This message is part of the _____________ curriculum.

A)formal
B)hidden
C)unintended
D)manifest

Question 25

The __________ curriculum refers to the things students learn along with the subject matter.

A)formal
B)unintended
C)hidden
D)planned

Question 26

A learner writes, 'I remember in primary school my class was divided into two teams.Classmates assigned to each team raced to the blackboard in pairs to see who could spell a word called out by the teacher faster.The winning team got sweets.' This memory represents an example of the ___________ curriculum.

A)intended
B)planned
C)formal
D)hidden

Question 27

According to sociologist Randall Collins, the steady increase in educational requirements for employment throughout the last century in the United States has created a(n) _________________.

A)credential society.
B)employment crisis.
C)large service sector.
D)technologically-driven workforce.

Question 28

Choose the incorrect option.Despite the practice of "tracking", which is a system of sorting learners into distinct groups based on past performance, there is little evidence to indicate that this

A)contributes to their intellectual growth.
B)corrects any learning deficiencies.
C)prepares them for success in higher tracks.
D)has not been highly successful.

Question 29

Which of the following is not a historical factor contributing to the emergence of a credential society?

A)Technological advancements associated with full-scale industrialisation
B)A long-standing association between high economic status and advanced degrees
C)A large number of schools and colleges
D)The separation between church and state

Question 30

______________ includes a person's educational credentials, the kinds of knowledge acquired, social skills, and aesthetic tastes.

A)Cultural capital
B)Economic capital
C)Social position
D)Social reproduction

Question 31

________________ includes subject content, assessment methods, and activities involved in teaching and learning for a specific course, grade or degree.

A)A credential society
B)A syllabus
C)Tracking
D)Curriculum

Question 32

According to Merton's (1968) concept of the "self-fulfilling prophecy",

A)people rely solely on themselves to fulfil their potential.
B)people who receive positive or negative comments from others start to behave in that way.
C)beliefs imposed from others on oneself can result in one believing these beliefs even if they are false, which usually they are.
D)works on reinforcing a certain point of view about someone.

Question 33

Cultural capitalism, according to Bourdieu, refers to

A)Preparing learners for university
B)Inculcating in learners certain languages, skills and abilities that emphasise values and tastes usually of the middle class
C)Equalising school education among learners
D)Ensuring individuality and differences among learners

Question 34

A system in which students are assigned to separate instructional groups within a single classroom or different programmes is known as

A)standardisation.
B)hidden curriculum.
C)tracking.
D)classification.

Question 35

The statement 'If people define their situations as real, they are, in fact, real in their consequences' best describes the dynamics underlying

A)informal education.
B)the self-fulfilling prophecy.
C)schooling.
D)hidden curriculum.

Question 36

Rosenthal and Jackson maintain that something in the way teachers talk, in their facial expressions and posture conveys their expectations to students.It seems that students respond by meeting these expectations.This process is known as

A)formal curriculum.
B)schooling.
C)self-fulfilling prophecy.
D)informal education.

Question 37

Siphiwe states: 'I'm dropping out of high school because I'm just not a good at exams.Both of my parents dropped out of high school - my family just isn't cut out for school.' This statement speaks to the process known as

A)white flight.
B)social positioning.
C)social reproduction.
D)no child left behind.

Question 38

Choose the incorrect option.In the school system, Pierre Bourdieu's (1977) habitus theory describes_________

A)an objective reality that becomes internalised by learners.
B)that once internalised, that reality becomes the filter through which the learner starts to interact and relate from.
C)How behaviour of learners becomes influenced by the surroundings and especially by their interpretation of others' views about them.
D)Habitus as a situation in which learners ignore their social surroundings.

Question 39

The thoughts that maths problems generate unrelated to the maths skills needed to solve it deliver a lesson that is part of

A)the syllabus.
B)the formal curriculum.
C)the hidden curriculum.
D)a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Question 40

Teaching method, tone of teacher's voice, and frequency of teacher's absences fall under the category of __________ curriculum.

A)formal
B)hidden
C)unintended
D)planned

Question 41

The emergence of an adolescent society can be traced to

A)Brown vs Board of Education.
B)tracking.
C)industrialisation.
D)cartoons.

Question 42

The Coleman study of adolescent societies found that _____ is/are extremely important to boys and ______ is/are extremely important to girls.

A)athletics; social success with boys
B)social success with girls; social success with boys
C)being good looking; good grades
D)good grades; athletics

Question 43

The democratic government in South Africa that came into being from 1994 attempted to democratise education and introduced a new syllabus called Curriculum 2005.

Question 44

Education perpetuates equality among all social groups in a nation.

Question 45

During apartheid in South Africa each individual was given equal subsidy and control over their own educational development.

Question 46

The Coleman report and other studies have found that ______ is the most powerful factor in determining students' level of school achievement.

A)race
B)social class
C)neighbourhood and peer environment
D)gender

Question 47

Sociologist James Coleman argues that __________ cut adolescents off from the rest of society and forced them to spend the majority of the day with their own age group.

A)the historical shift in job training (from the family to the school)
B)the emergence of a consumer-oriented society
C)the breakdown of the family
D)the widespread use of the automobile

Question 48

Under Curriculum 2005 and OBE, historically disadvantaged schools faced an even greater battle of transforming.

Question 49

Sociologist James Coleman was interested in the adolescent ______________, or those achievements resulting in popularity, respect, acceptance into the crowd, and disdain among them.

A)status system
B)self-fulfilling prophecy
C)tracking
D)academic achievement

Question 50

The Coleman report found that all but one of the following factors is an important variable in determining academic success?

A)Neighbourhood
B)Family background
C)Race
D)Peer environment

Question 51

Sociologist James Coleman defined _________ as a 'small society - one that has most of its important interactions within itself, and maintains only a few threads of connection with the outside adult society.'

A)small schools
B)schooling
C)the adolescent society
D)formal education

Question 52

The post-apartheid government in South Africa continued the education system that it inherited under apartheid.

Question 53

Educational experiences do shape success and failure among populations.

Question 54

According to Coleman, students show their discontent with school by

A)their high rate of absenteeism.
B)getting involved with and acquiring things they can call their own.
C)acting up in the classroom whenever teachers turn their backs.
D)skipping detention.

Question 55

In modern societies, education is seen as a way for children to develop their full potential and to take up meaningful lives and work in society.

Question 56

Apartheid education in South Africa privileged white South Africans and disadvantaged black South Africans in the education received.

Question 57

The new Curriculum 2005 was a huge success in schools in South Africa as it produced sound educational practices.

Question 58

The Curriculum 2005 new syllabus for schools in the democratic South Africa was based on the principles of Outcomes-based Education or OBE.

Question 59

Sociologist James Coleman's report Equality of Education Opportunity found that

A)US schools were largely segregated.
B)Black teachers regularly taught white children.
C)Standardised tests showed sharp differences across racial groups.
D)Brown vs Board of Education desegregated many schools in the south.

Question 60

Coleman maintained that the __________ contributes to students' lack of academic interest.

A)fact that students work after school
B)way the media portrays educators
C)emphasis on athletes
D)manner in which students are taught

Question 61

The SA Education Department in the post-C2005 failure formulated an Action Plan 2014 to turn state education around and to succeed by 2025.

Question 62

Both economic and cultural capital is distributed unequally throughout society.

Question 63

The most valued characteristic among male high school seniors is being a good athlete.

Question 64

Sociologist James Coleman maintains that the adolescent society penalises academic achievement.

Question 65

What constitutes an ideal education varies according to time and place.

Question 66

The emergence of a credential society can be traced directly to technological advancements associated with industrialisation.

Question 67

Individuals with professional degrees have the highest earnings and the lowest unemployment rates.

Question 68

Social functions of education include among other things integrating diverse populations.

Question 69

Hidden curriculum can be conveyed in the tone of a teacher's voice.

Question 70

Self-fulfilling prophecies begin with a false definition of a situation.