Definitions
Theories
Finland
United States
Misc.
100
The process through which academic, social, and cultural ideas and tools both general and specific are developed.
What is Education?
100
The number of sociological theories.
What is three?
100
Students have a much more relaxed environment.
What is school culture?
100
More focused on scores than what you retain.
What is testing?
100
Standardized academic testing.
What is SAT?
200
The condition in which a standard has been successfully established.
What is standardization?
200
EXAMPLE: Inequalities in school.
What is conflict theory?
200
Certification requirements for teachers.
What is masters degree?
200
The United States emphasizes student rivalry.
What is competition?
200
The non-academic and less overt socialization functions of schooling.
What is hidden cirriculum?
300
A way of dividing students into different classes by ability or future plans.
What is tracking?
300
To teach students basic skills and give people knowledge.
What is structural functionalism view of education?
300
Government has little to do with school systems.
What is social class?
300
Overworked, paid poorly, educational requirements (BA).
What is teacher?
300
Students get to skii.
What is Finland's gym class?
400
An individuals position in a stratified social order.
What is social class?
400
Exchanges between students.
What is symbolic interactionism?
400
One teacher throughout educational career.
What is school tracking?
400
Competition within the family for the same resources at the same time.
What is the resource dilution model?
400
Government funded education.
What is public schooling?
500
An overemphasis on credentials for signaling social status or qualifications for a job.
What is credentialism?
500
How individuals make decisions to maximize their own benefit and reduce risk to themselves.
What is rational choice/exchange theory?
500
Teachers have more say in curriculum.
What is standardization?
500
Classes are based on the ability of students.
What is student tracking?
500
When members of a negatively stereotyped group are placed in a situation where they fear they can confirm those stereotypes.
What is stereotype threat?
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