Education Unit: Chapter 12

Per conflict theory, which of the following elements of the education system tend to reproduce class inequalities?

Which of the following would NOT be an example of a democratic/humanistic educational reform?

Which of the following IS an example of a democratic/humanistic educational reform?

According to the textbook, what is an example of how gender bias impacts students in American classrooms?

To the extent that education is bureaucratic, it is characterized by all of the following except:

The impact of teacher labelling and expectations on student performance is called the:

What best describes the gender makeup of college enrollment today (in 2023)?

Cognitive ability, as measured in IQ tests, is mainly genetic; social factors have little impact.

Over the course of the 20th century, what has happened to the percentage of U.S. adults who have a high school diploma?

Which of the following would be a dysfunction of education?

True or False: A conflict theorist would most likely believe that the our educational system was NOT a true meritocracy.

Which of the following is a latent function of education?

True meritocracies are characterized by all of the following except:

All of the following are examples of the "back-to-basics" reform model except:

The unofficial but powerful ways that schools teach cultural norms and values is called:

In 1999, which of the following predictions did Ray Kurzweil NOT make about education in the 2010s?

Which aspect of educational institutions do symbolic interactionists mainly focus on?

What is a manifest function of education?

A social system in which one's status is based on individual ability and achievement is called:

According to the textbook, what impact do single-gender schools have on girls?