Elements of Sociology 4e, Practice Quiz: Chapter 12

. When did a societal interest in institutionalized education first emerge?

During the Enlightenment

During the Industrial Revolution

During The Great Depression

After World War II

In the 1980s

. Who first promoted universal, free and compulsory education in Canada?

Egerton Ryerson

Jean Anyon

Stephen Schecter

Jeannie Oakes

Karl Marx

. According to Schecter (1977), what was the main purpose of compulsory, state-run education when it was first introduced?

To provide basic skills and knowledge to all Canadian citizens

To implement structure and disciplinary mechanisms for all children

To provide childcare so that women could participate in the labour force

To implement centralization and uniformity as instruments of social control to be used on the emerging working class

To provide opportunities for upward social mobility for working-class children

. Which of the following best describes the development of funding of post-secondary education since the 1970?

Government funding for post-secondary has been increasing while corporate sponsorship has been decreasing.

Government funding for post-secondary has stagnated.

Government funding for post-secondary has been increasing and so has corporate sponsorship.

Government funding for post-secondary has been declining and corporate sponsorship has been increasing.

Government funding for post-secondary has been declining and so has corporate sponsorship.

. According to your textbook, what was one of the central challenges of the multicultural education model of the 1970s?

Teachers often had little knowledge of the cultures they presented to their class.

Students were generally resistant to learning about cultures other than their own.

The museum approach to teaching diverse cultures focused on historical material and exotic aspect, thereby ignoring the complexities and vitality of different cultures.

Both A and C

All of the above

. Which model of education actively sought to eliminate institutional and individual barriers to equity?

Anti-racism and anti-oppression education

Feminist education

Multicultural education

Anti-classist education

Assimilation education

. According to structural functionalists, the hidden curriculum performs ________ of the education system, while conflict theorists might argue that the hidden curriculum performs ________.

latent functions; latent dysfunctions

latent dysfunction; manifest functions

manifest dysfunctions; latent dysfunctions

latent functions; manifest functions

manifest functions; manifest dysfunctions

. Schoolwork that focuses on getting the right answers, from textbooks and teachers with some, but limited choice and decision-making on part of the student is characteristic for which of Anyon's (1980) types of school?

Working-class schools

Executive elite schools

Affluent professional schools

Middle-class schools

Professional elite schools

. According to your textbook, Indigenous peoples are underrepresented in Canadian textbooks, both in terms of content and authorship. How can we explain this phenomenon?

Indigenous knowledge tends to be disqualified because it is frequently not certified by socially sanctioned paper credentials.

Indigenous peoples lack the knowledge and objectivity to provide an accurate account of Indigenous peoples' history.

Indigenous peoples' history constitutes only a small portion of Canadian history and is thus easily overlooked.

Indigenous peoples lack the formal education to meaningfully contribute to textbooks.

There is not much interest in Indigenous peoples' history and first-hand accounts.

. Mary started working on her book review too late and realizes that she will not finish her paper by the deadline. To save time and avoid late penalties, she copies parts of a review she found online without referencing the material. In which academic offense is Mary engaging?

Procrastination

Misconduct

Plagiarism

Fraud

Dishonesty

. When considering the historical development of the education system, it becomes clear that the institutionalization of education in Canada was driven mainly by the value for education in and of itself.

TRUE

FALSE

. The education system is generally viewed as a motor of social mobility.

TRUE

FALSE

. The multicultural model of education is particularly well-suited to develop students' appreciation for the fundamental values and beliefs that shape cultural identities.

TRUE

FALSE

. The problem with the assimilation model of education is that it is based on a monocultural model that presupposed the superiority of Western culture and expects immigrants to assimilate into the dominant culture to fit in.

TRUE

FALSE

. One key feature of multicultural education is to make visible stereotypes and racist ideas.

TRUE

FALSE

. Oakes' (2005) research showed that the overrepresentation of lower-class and non-white students in lower educational tracks does not necessarily reflect student aptitude, but cultural biases of tests and educators.

TRUE

FALSE

. Homework tends to re-produce existing social class inequalities, because teachers tend to grade upper-middle and upper-class students' homework favourably.

TRUE

FALSE

. Adjunct professors often work just as much if not more than full-time faculty, yet they often earn significantly lower wages and receive few, if any, benefits.

TRUE

FALSE

. Online universities offer those who would otherwise not be able to attend university an affordable, equally valued alternative to obtaining post-secondary education.

TRUE

FALSE

. In some educational cultures repeating the words of the "master" might be a practice that is valued in students, which makes students from those cultures more likely to engage in plagiarism unknowingly.

TRUE

FALSE

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