Deck 6: The Knowledge Generation

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of non-institutional education?

A)Sociology degree
B)First year of primary school
C)Wood turning lessons at the Men's Shed
D)Workplace training

Answer 1

C

Question 2

What are the sociological consequences of the increased involvement of the private sector (e.g.companies such as McDonalds)in the funding of the public education system?

Answer 2

Student response could outline the logic of economic rationalism and make the link between such policy contexts and the need for schools to find alternative funding sources from the private sector.Outline the implications for this change to public education.

Question 3

Which of the following was NOT the focus of education policy with the introduction of economic rationalism?

A)Civic involvement
B)Efficiency
C)Competition
D)National testing

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What percentage range of extra income can students that undertake an extra year of high school expect to get for every year of their working lives?

A)Between 10 and 14 per cent
B)Between 10 and 12 per cent
C)Between 10 and 16 per cent
D)Between 10 and 11 per cent

Question 5

Find an advertisement for a private school or college.Examine sociologically the values that underpin the school according to the advertisement,and the ways that the school seeks to sell itself as distinct.

Question 6

Dale Spender's work in the early 1980s changed the focus of educational reform from enabling girls to achieve better results to examining gender bias in:

A)Knowledge and textbooks
B)Microcultures
C)Knowledge and values
D)Values and visions

Question 7

The research finding that an extremely intelligent working-class student was much less likely to do well at school than a less intelligent student from a higher socioeconomic group shows:

A)Cultural capital largely determines who will become successful
B)Although schools equally value each social class,working-class students are more likely to fail due to joining subcultures
C)If every student continues in school until they earn a bachelor degree,then the unequal experience of education is removed at the job market
D)Education is a meritocracy

Question 8

Which is NOT an outcome of the hidden curriculum?

A)Creating a subservient workforce
B)Teaching children to obey formal and informal hierarchies
C)Fostering a greater appreciation for masculine subjects like science and maths than feminine ones like art and music
D)Developing fragmented knowledge so individuals can make meaningful connections

Question 9

In contemporary Australian urban areas,it is possible to predict student's score in school leaving exams.Briefly explain how this prediction is possible,and which sociological theory explains this situation.

Question 10

A social system in which those with particular attributes are rewarded is known as:

A)An economy
B)A meritocracy
C)A bureaucracy
D)A collective

Question 11

What was the main argument of Bowles and Gintis' (1976)book,Schooling in Capitalist America?

A)That school boys rank themselves according to their sporting ability
B)That the role of education is to produce a compliant labour force
C)That ethnic boys frequently feel failed by the education system
D)That the education system operates as a successful meritocracy

Question 12

The focus of education has changed from learning information to learning how to find out what you want to know.Explain this change in less than 500 words.

Question 13

The school you attend,the television shows,books and newspapers you consume,what you do in your leisure time and the food you eat are all indicators of:

A)Class
B)Pedagogy
C)Race
D)Economic rationalism

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT an argument of Pierre Bourdieu about the relationship between the social and the educational?

A)Schools are dedicated to advancing the middle and upper classes and alienating the working-classes through their education
B)Before a child goes to school,their family and class background has already shaped their values about aspects such as diligence and knowledge
C)Working-class parents are well situated to pass on to their children an understanding of the various communication codes used in schools
D)Teachers set up a pattern of alienation which continues through working-class students' lives and affects decisions made at school leaving age

Question 15

Which of the following is not identified by functionalist sociology as the role of education in our society?

A)Establish a set of common values
B)Ignite passions in people
C)Generate a work-ready population
D)A sorting house for young people

Question 16

Why does Australia's future economic prosperity rely on education?

A)Higher incomes for the population
B)Higher incomes for the tertiary educated
C)Smarter population to compete in world markets
D)Smarter population to increase productivity

Question 17

What did Paul Willis (1977)conclude about school and working-class boys in his book,Learning to Labour?

A)That to a large extent it was the culture of the boys themselves,rather than the culture of the school that directed them into manual work
B)That bonding with their mates was less important than learning vocational skills that would help them to work in manual jobs
C)That the school culture was a significant influence on their choice to work in manual labour after school
D)That working-class boys resisted their class identity and were able to move up from the working-class to the middle class

Question 18

Which of the following does NOT influence a child's response to the school experience?

A)First day
B)Class
C)Gender
D)Family's attitude to education

Question 19

In less than 500 words describe an example from your school experience of a microculture.

Question 20

Which of the following was NOT a reason for making higher education free in the 1970s?

A)Greater social mobility because individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds were able to attend university
B)International students coming from overseas could benefit from a better education
C)It was considered that a highly educated society would enrich the community with greater civic involvement
D)Facilitating education would lead to a workforce better able to deal with technological changes in the workforce

Question 21

In what way can the discipline of male disruptive student behaviour contribute to the hidden curriculum?

A)Male teachers commonly control this behaviour using masculine techniques,which values male culture
B)Female teachers do not have enough authority or understand the best ways to discipline male students
C)Despite disruptive behaviour,extensive discipline is not required as,comparatively,male students still do better at school than female students
D)It means that male students are more likely to play contact team sports and compete in sporting games

Question 22

The increased role of knowledge and technology in economic growth is recognised by which of the following descriptors?

A)Smart economy
B)Knowledge-based economy
C)Ecommerce
D)Technological economy

Question 23

Which of the following does Lynch (2003)NOT argue is required for an economy based on the production and distribution of knowledge?

A)A worker no longer needs to rely on the quality and quantity of social connections
B)Workers need knowledge of and competency in technologies such as computers,robotics and new forms of travel and transport
C)A fully networked employee can work nearly anywhere,any time and new patterns of employment emerge as a consequence
D)There is an expectation that workers will regularly update their professional skills

Question 24

Which of the following are NOT part of the Australian group of eight universities which promote themselves as world-class institutions?

A)Sydney and Melbourne
B)Adelaide and Monash
C)Canberra and Curtin
D)Queensland and Flinders