Test bank for school and society historical and contemporary perspectives 7th edition by tozer

Page of This chapter has 28 questions Scroll down to see and select individual questions or narrow the list using the checkboxes below questions at random and keep in order  Multiple Choice Questions - (25) Odd Numbered - (14) Essay Questions - (3) Even Numbered - (14) The analytic framework presented in this chapter illustrates how the political economy and ideology of a society impact each other, as well as how both impact the institution of schooling and educational practice How might changes in the social order, changes in what society understands and values, impact our social institutions and educational practice? What modern day examples of this phenomenon can you point to? How is the dynamic at work in your example? Explanation: Answers will vary Essay Question Although the Athenian citizen was expected to participate directly (not just through representation) in forming the laws of the city-state, this citizenship excluded women, slaves, and metics Was the Athenian view of democracy less restricted or more restricted than our contemporary view? Explain Explanation: Answers will vary Essay QuestionTest Bank for School and Society Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 7th Edition by What you remember from your own elementary or secondary schooling about how the understanding of democracy and Full filewere at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ feelings of citizenship fostered, or not, by the school you attended? In your opinion, how you think students should be prepared, by the educational institutions they attend, to become involved, knowledgeable citizens in a democracy? Explanation: Answers will vary Essay Question Social theory is an important analytical tool because it shows the differences between abstract ideas and practical reality leads to the discovery of the truth → contributes to an interpretive understanding of how or why something occurs All these answers are correct Multiple Choice Question Explaining why children from certain social and economic groups tend to perform better than others in schools is an important element of teachers' professional expertise has been sufficiently accomplished by the popular media relies on a variety of historical, sociological, and theoretical arguments relies on a variety of historical, sociological, and theoretical arguments, and is an important element of → teachers' professional expertise Multiple Choice Question Schooling includes planned instruction and programs of study learning achieved through the hidden curriculum the state's goals for its citizens → All these answers are correct Multiple Choice Question Training differs from education, in that training has no value to one's individuality → attempts to get people to perform specific tasks in a predictable manner is always used for achieving social control All these answers are correct Multiple Choice Question An important goal of education is one's "self-creation" the development of the ability to select from among possible alternatives the development of the ability to generate responses to unanticipated situations Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Tozer Page of → All these answers are correct Multiple Choice Question A major goal of teaching is to help students understand the meaning of democracy prepare citizens for life in a democratic society equip people to think critically about the degree to which their society is democratic → All these answers are correct Multiple Choice Question 10 A democratically-oriented classroom is often characterized by student obedience and unquestioning demeanor → student participation in problem solving and shared decision making teacher-centered pedagogy All these answers are correct Multiple Choice Question 11 Political economy most accurately refers to the political system of a society the economic stratification of a society → a society's institutions and organizations All these answers are correct Multiple Choice Question Test Bank for School and Society Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 12 Ideology is a concept that includes the structure a society's economic and governmental institutions Full file atofhttps://TestbankDirect.eu/ a distortion of perspective on the part of those people holding to the ideology → how groups understand the organization of their society and that of other societies All these answers are correct 7th Edition by Tozer Multiple Choice Question 13 In order to understand and nurture the learning potential of all students, teachers must also understand the influence that culture and social class exerts on students the influence that culture and social class exerts on schools that differences in academic performance between ethnic groups has historical and socio-linguistic dimensions → All these answers are correct Multiple Choice Question 14 Failure of teachers to understand the broader social and cultural contexts that surround their schools and classrooms → impairs their ability to interpret school and classroom events allows them to better concentrate on issues of teaching and learning helps them construct meaningful solutions to perennial problems None of these answers is correct Multiple Choice Question 15 If you are able to describe the dominant ideology of your society, you have overcome its effects on your own analytical ability can easily identify the people that are blinded by it → are better able to understand and evaluate it All these answers are correct Multiple Choice Question 16 The "hidden curriculum" no longer exists as an element of schooling → teaches students powerful lessons about the functions and expectations of society is another term for "extra-curricular activities" None of these answers is correct Multiple Choice Question 17 Systematic exclusion of some groups of people from the decision-making processes of their culture occurs in societies considered to be democratic socialist communist → All these answers are correct Multiple Choice Question 18 Theories help us Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of → reach absolute truth explain social phenomena validate our opinions All these answers are correct Multiple Choice Question 19 The analytic framework presented in this chapter suggests that schooling policies are directly caused by changes in the political economy → a product of a society's political-economic and ideological forces generally a primary cause of any society's ideological commitments All these answers are correct Multiple Choice Question 20 Schooling plays a role in legitimating a society's ideology can serve to blind people to problems within their society prepares people to participate in the society's political economy → All these answers are correct Multiple Choice Question 21 If educational theories are fallible interpretations of social phenomena, then these theories are no more reliable than any other interpretations then they need to be subjected to careful critical investigation in order to understand their strengths and → weaknesses Test Bank for School and Society Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 7th Edition by then they should be ignored in favor of practical knowledge then are no more reliable than any other interpretations, and they need to be subjected to careful Fullthese filetheories at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ critical investigation in order to understand their strengths and weaknesses Multiple Choice Question 22 The dominant ideology of a society is that which is fully endorsed and shared by all social groups and economic classes in a society never reflects the views of people from less privileged economic and social classes prevents social unrest and revolution → None of these answers is correct Multiple Choice Question 23 Athenian citizens were confident that slaves and non-citizens would perform manual labor, primarily because their warlike society frequently enslaved vanquished soldiers → the dominant ideology supported such a hierarchical division of labor and rights everyone believed that slaves were supposed to be manual laborers All these answers are correct Multiple Choice Question 24 Countries that provide public schooling are committed to democratic political institutions → may have either democratic or non-democratic political institutions use schools simply to control their populations may have either democratic or non-democratic political institutions, and use schools simply to control their populations Multiple Choice Question 25 For Athenians, living in accord with the notions of virtue and reason allowed one to perceive the true realities of the universe allowed one to live in harmony with the universe allowed one to live a life of freedom → All these answers are correct Multiple Choice Question 26 The authors believe that study in social foundations of education trains teachers in important classroom methods fundamental to teaching at any level → helps teachers understand the social underpinnings of teaching and learning processes won't particularly contribute to making teachers more effective in their work both trains teachers in important classroom methods fundamental to teaching at any level, and helps teachers to understand the social underpinnings of teaching and learning processes Multiple Choice Question 27 The authors' treatment of the importance of democracy to educational practice implies that an important role for teachers is to teach students the importance of voting Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Tozer Page of → people who are preparing to be teachers typically have a good understanding of democracy but need to examine how it relates to teaching those preparing to be teachers need to reconsider both the fundamental meanings of democracy and the consequence of those meanings for classroom practice people who are preparing to be teachers typically have a good understanding of democracy but need to examine how it relates to teaching, and also that an important role for teachers is to teach students the importance of voting Multiple Choice Question 28 Aristotle's notion that a democratic society provides the same basic education to all of its citizens was naïve and impractical → implies that all kinds of education are suitable for all kinds of people is reflected in our system of education today None of these answers is correct Multiple Choice Question Test Bank for School and Society Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 7th Edition by Tozer Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/