Theoretical Perspectives on Education

Which of the following is not a manifest function of education?

• Cultural innovation

• Courtship

• Social placement

• Socialization

Because she plans on achieving success in marketing, Tammie is taking courses on managing social media. This is an example of ________.

• cultural innovation

• social control

• social placement

• socialization

Which theory of education focuses on the ways in which education maintains the status quo?

• Conflict theory

• Feminist theory

• Functionalist theory

• Symbolic interactionism

Which theory of education focuses on the labels acquired through the educational process?

• Conflict theory

• Feminist theory

• Functionalist theory

• Symbolic interactionism

What term describes the assignment of students to specific education programs and classes on the basis of test scores, previous grades, or perceived ability?

• Hidden curriculum

• Labeling

• Self-fulfilling prophecy

• Tracking

Functionalist theory sees education as serving the needs of _________.

• families

• society

• the individual

• all of the above

Rewarding students for meeting deadlines and respecting authority figures is an example of ________.

• a latent function

• a manifest function

• informal education

• transmission of moral education

What term describes the separation of students based on merit?

• Cultural transmission

• Social control

• Sorting

• Hidden curriculum

Conflict theorists see sorting as a way to ________.

• challenge gifted students

• perpetuate divisions of socioeconomic status

• help students who need additional support

• teach respect for authority

. Conflict theorists see IQ tests as being biased. Why?

• They are scored in a way that is subject to human error.

• They do not give children with learning disabilities a fair chance to demonstrate their true intelligence.

• They don’t involve enough test items to cover multiple intelligences.

• They reward affluent students with questions that assume knowledge associated with upper-class culture.