History of
Theories
Education in society
General Terms
Miscellaneous
100
Education originated in this ancient civilization
What is Greece
100
The three basic theories dealing with education
What are symbolic interactionist theory, conflict theory, and structural functional theory
100
Students are identified as gifted or not and placed into different educational paths that affect their chances later in life.
What is tracking
100
Social institutions that communicate skills knowledge, values and expectations for survival of individuals and society
What is education
100
The no child left behind act was geared toward fixing this problem
What is grade-level deficiency
200
Type of education that has been growing since the 1980's.
What is homeschooling
200
A structural functionalist who believes that education is meant to reproduce existing class structure.
Who is Randall Collins
200
What is an alternative way for students to get an education.
What is online education
200
Measureing a persons worth based on their credentials they have recieved
What is credentialism
200
Low budgets, high crime on campus, overcrowded classrooms and low test scores result to what?
What is the crisis in education
300
Perspective that is looked at through the interactions of individuals at school in society
What is symbolic interactionist theory
300
A book written by conflict theorist Jonathan Kozol in 1991
What is Savage Inequalities
300
The unstated lessons, including values and behaviors, taught based on procedures and teaching methods
What is hidden curriculum
300
A two year school that provides general education for students trying to save money while preparing to transfer to a University
What is a community college
300
New institutions that blend high school and college into a coherent educational program
What are Early college high schools
400
Promoted equal education, but in practice it has had different mixed results
What is the no child left behind act
400
According to the structural functional theory, education serves three main purposes
What are transmission of knowledge, learning to follow societies rules, and being socialized to become an obedient and efficient worker
400
This state was the first to make education legally mandatory for children 16 and younger
What is Massachusetts
400
A public school ran in private used to give parents a choice on their childs education?
What is a charter school
400
This governing body had began playing a larger role in education in the latter half of the 20th century.
What is the federal government
500
During the Middle Ages, who was in charge of education.
What is The church
500
Researches used standardized IQ tests and small subject samples, to find how teachers' attitudes about their students unintentionally influenced the students' academic performance.
What is the Pygmalion in the Classroom experiment
500
Small experiences by individuals in the classroom that are the result of structural forces
What is micro-inequities
500
Allows parents to send their children to a private school of their choice if the public schools in their area are inadequate?
What is a school voucher
500
This the current high school graduation rate nationwide
What is 75%