Education

Question 1

The social institution through which society provides its members with important knowledge: basic facts, job skills, cultural norms/values

Answer 1

Education

Question 2

Formal instructions under the direction of specially trained teachers

Answer 2

Schooling

Question 3

What is extent of schooling affected by within a society

Answer 3

economic development

Question 4

Who teaches young people in low-middle income countries

Answer 4

families/communities

Question 5

How often do some Indian children work per week

Answer 5

60 hours

Question 6

Where do some of the world’s highest achievers come from?

Answer 6

Japan

Question 7

When do Japanese students take a series of rigorous exams to decide their futures

Answer 7

early teens

Question 8

What % of adults 25 years or older have completed highschool in the US

Answer 8

89.1%

Question 9

What % of adults in the US earned a 4 year college degree

Answer 9

33.4%

Question 10

Schooling in Japan puts focus on what

Answer 10

cultural traditions

Question 11

Schooling in the US puts focus on what

Answer 11

job preparedness

Question 12

what % of 19 year olds in Canada attended high school

Answer 12

97%

Question 13

What % of 19 year olds in Canada were enrolled in college

Answer 13

24%

Question 14

What % of 21 year olds attended university in Canada

Answer 14

36%

Question 15

How does education socialize you (3)

Answer 15

gives you basic skills, values and norms.

Question 16

What are the 5 theories behind education:

Answer 16

1. Socialization
2. Cultural innovation
3. Social integration
4. Social placement
5. Latent functions (child care, reduces job competition).

Question 17

People create the reality they experience in their day to day interactions

Answer 17

symbolic interaction theory

Question 18

student’s behaviour and achievement is impacted by their teacher’s expectations of them

Answer 18

Self-fulfilling phrophecy

Question 19

What 3 factors perpetuate social inequality in schools

Answer 19

1. Social control
2. Testing
3. Tracking (streaming)

Question 20

What % of Canadian students delay their post-secondary students for at least four months after graduating

Answer 20

29.4%

Question 21

Why do people delay post-secondary studies (3)

Answer 21

• Break from school
• Travel
• Save money for school

Question 22

What is the gap-year affect on incomes

Answer 22

Have higher initial income, end up having lower income

Question 23

How much did the average canadian student pay in tuition fees for university in 2017-2018

Answer 23

$6, 571

Question 24

Society that evaluates people on the basis of schooling

Answer 24

Credential society

Question 25

Schooling’s affect on merit

Answer 25

schooling transforms social privilege into personal merit

Question 26

What are the problems found in schools (8)

Answer 26

1. Drug/alcohol abuse, teen pregnancy, violence
2. Bureaucracy
3. Dropping out (boys > girls)
4. Academic standards are super high
5. Lack of competition causing poor remote schools
6. Mainstreaming those with disabilities
7. adult education is broad