Development & Structure of Education
True or False:
Bureaucracy does not exist in education
False!
Name one assumption of the Functionalist Perspective
- stability
- specialized roles
- integration
- functions
Name one assumption of the conflict perspective
- who gets what?
- power & wealth
- inequality
Name one of the characteristics of bureaucracy in education.
Specialization
Rules & Procedures
Impersonality
Define "manifest" functions
Functions that are intended.
Name one assumption of the symbolic interactionist perspective
- symbols
- socialization
Describe the "cooperative learning" approach to education.
- based on teamwork
- abandons competition
Define "latent" functions.
Functions that are unintended.
What is "meritocracy"?
social status that is based on ability and achievement rather than social class background or parents’ social status.
Describe the "open classroom" approach to education.
- Based on democratic relationships between students and teacher
- Promotes flexibility
- abandons standardized curricula
- abandons use of graded report cards
- Transmitting culture
- Creating a common identity
- Promoting personal growth and development
How can intelligence tests be culturally biased?
The wording used in questions may be more familiar to people of one social group than to those of another group.
Describe the "Integrative Curriculum" approach to education.
- students and teachers collaborate to create the curriculum
- focuses on hands-on learning
Name two latent functions of education
- prevent deviance
- training atheletes
- making friendships
What is the hidden curriculum?
The hidden curriculum is the nonacademic agenda that teaches children norms and values, such as discipline, order, cooperativeness, and conformity.