The Social and Cultural Context of Schooling: Their Influence and ...
The Social and Cultural Context of Schooling: Their Influence and Consequences Chapter Study Questions 1. What four institutions outside the school “seem to be particularly important” as agents of socialization? family, peer group, religion, and mass media 2. Why can teachers be described as “one of the central figures in the socialization process”? They are a symbol of authority. The kids learn beliefs, values, and expectations. 3. What is the “major reason schools and other institutions have taken on a greater role as socializing agents”? The changing structure of family. 4. What change has been observed in the structure of the family household “for the first time in our nation’s history”? Among what population are extended families more common? 5. Why have schools “taken on the function of teaching certain subjects that were once considered the purview of the family”? What are the examples given of subject domains that are now being taught by the school? 6. What affect does the peer group apparently have as a socializing agency? Shaping child’s social behavior 7. Religion, with its accompanying beliefs and values, serves as an important socializing agent. What are the three general ways religion serves as a socializing agent? Moral code, social and emotional support, and chronicles and ritualizes important events. 8. What is the potential harmful effect of media violence on children? Learn attitudes about violence early and it is difficult to modify. 9. What appears to be the impact of television watching on the sexual values, eating habits and readings scores of young people? How has it affected attention problems in school? early onset of sex, eating disorders, obesity, lower level of achievement, and an increase of attention problems 10. What are the three distinct perspectives on the overall purposes and expectations of schooling? (Identify their most basic view of the role of the school and their “key concepts and processes” in education).
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Functionalist: benefits to social and economic order, Conflict: perpetuation of social inequality, symbolic interactionist: interactions in school and how it effects school and kids. 11. How does poverty impact a child’s health and academic achievement in school and readiness for school? Prenatal health is low and effects cognitive and academic performance, reduced performance, limited stimulation, learning disabilities, behavioral problems, violence, etc. 12. Which is considered to be the fastest growing minority group in the country? Hispanic 13. What appears to be the principal (most important) explanation for the poor academic performance of some Hispanic American children? Segregation 14. What do many African American children and Hispanic children have in common which put them disproportionately a disadvantage regarding their education? Lower socioeconomic status 15. How does the stereotype of Asian Americans as “model students” works to the disadvantage of these students? Ignoring varying educational experiences 16. What is cultural difference theory? Low academic achievement and attainment results from discontinuities between culture of home and mainstream society. 17. Which racial/ethnic group has the highest dropout rate? hispanics 18. Which racial/ethnic group has the highest percentage of postsecondary education completion? asians 19. What is the most common explanation for the differences between male and female achievement in school? Socialization form parents and stereotyping and sexism in school and society. 20. Which racial/ethnic groups are most likely to receive (or need) special education services? American Indians/Alaska natives and blacks 21. What is the most commonly diagnosed childhood psychiatric disorder? ADHD
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Functionalist: benefits to social and economic order, Conflict: perpetuation of social inequality, symbolic interactionist: interactions in school and how it effects school and kids. 11. How does poverty impact a child’s health and academic achievement in school and readiness for school? Prenatal health is low and effects cognitive and academic performance, reduced performance, limited stimulation, learning disabilities, behavioral problems, violence, etc. 12. Which is considered to be the fastest growing minority group in the country? Hispanic 13. What appears to be the principal (most important) explanation for the poor academic performance of some Hispanic American children? Segregation 14. What do many African American children and Hispanic children have in common which put them disproportionately a disadvantage regarding their education? Lower socioeconomic status 15. How does the stereotype of Asian Americans as “model students” works to the disadvantage of these students? Ignoring varying educational experiences 16. What is cultural difference theory? Low academic achievement and attainment results from discontinuities between culture of home and mainstream society. 17. Which racial/ethnic group has the highest dropout rate? hispanics 18. Which racial/ethnic group has the highest percentage of postsecondary education completion? asians 19. What is the most common explanation for the differences between male and female achievement in school? Socialization form parents and stereotyping and sexism in school and society. 20. Which racial/ethnic groups are most likely to receive (or need) special education services? American Indians/Alaska natives and blacks 21. What is the most commonly diagnosed childhood psychiatric disorder? ADHD
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