Deck 20: A: Education

Question 1

In India,fewer boys than girls reach secondary school.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

One latent function of schooling is establishing social relationships and networks.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

In Canada,schooling is an important path to upward social mobility.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

A unified cultural identity,"Canadian" is emphasized in Canadian public schools,but not in Canadian private schools.

Question 5

Social-conflict theory supports the policy of tracking to give all students instruction geared to their abilities.

Question 6

Functional illiteracy is a complex social problem,not an issue of individuals.

Question 7

What is taught in schools around the world reflects local cultures.

Question 8

Wealthy British families send their children to "public schools" that are the same as private boarding schools in Canada.

Question 9

The extent of schooling in a society is closely tied to its level of economic development.

Question 10

In Canada,there is more of an emphasis on activities that encourage cooperation,sharing,and team effort than competition.

Question 11

Education is the social institution providing members of a society with important knowledge.

Question 12

The concept "functionally illiteracy" refers to people who leave school before graduating.

Question 13

Prior to Confederation,governments in Canada had created separate Catholic and Protestant school systems.

Question 14

One latent function of schooling is establishing social relationships and networks.

Question 15

The Japanese place greater importance on achievement test scores than we do in Canada in selecting students to attend colleges and universities.

Question 16

If school officials consider some children to be gifted,teachers may treat them accordingly and create a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Question 17

In low-income nations today,the vast majority of young people reach secondary school.

Question 18

In Japan,a larger share of students graduate from high school than in Canada or the United States.

Question 19

Historically,the poorest people in every society have been the most likely to go to school,so that they could learn what they needed to know to earn a living.

Question 20

Following a social-conflict approach,schooling in helps to eliminate social inequality.

Question 21

Native children in residential schools were told that their native language and religion were treasures that should be maintained.

Question 22

Dropping out of high school has little to do with one's rate of pay later in their career.

Question 23

Critics argue that some bias based on class,race,or ethnicity is inherent in any formal testing.

Question 24

Student loans and bursaries in Canada provide the opportunity for everyone to attend a postsecondary institution.

Question 25

If school officials consider some children to be gifted,teachers may treat them accordingly and create a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Question 26

Home schooling is more popular in Canada than in the United States.

Question 27

Aboriginal students who finish high school have the same postsecondary completion rates as the general population.

Question 28

Only about 2 percent of young people in North America are home schooled.

Question 29

Social-conflict theory urges more use of tracking to give all students instruction geared to their abilities.

Question 30

From a social-conflict perspective,schooling in Canada transforms social privilege into personal merit.