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• Examples of socialization responsibilities that have been shifted from the family to the school in your lifetime? -Sex Education -Moral Values -Dress codes
• How easy it for us to change our basic value? -It’s not easy and it’s almost impossible because by the time you're a baby your surrounded by others moral character so it is extremely hard to change what you only know.
• According to the reading, what are the pros and cons of religion in the socialization process? -Pros: moral code & unification -Cons: judgmental & dis-unification
• Difference between Functionalist and Conflict Theories of Education -CT- How schools perpetuates differences in social classes (struggle between rich and poor) -F- Train them to serve needs of society • What is the “hidden curriculum” that is taught in schools? Examples? -Keep with the status quo
• Do our schools provide equal educational opportunity for all children? Is our society truly a meritocracy? -
• How do social class and poverty impact educational opportunity in our society?
• What do demographic trends tell us about the make-up of the student population over the next 25-50 years?
• For and Against Standardized testing -For: They improve the accountability of students/teachers/schools. Students/teachers/schools can identify their weakness. -Against: Teachers spend too much time “teaching to the test”. Tests can be misleading (social economic status, racial background…etc)
• Cultural Difference Theory -An explanation for the relatively low academic achievement and attainment of Native American students that has gained wide acceptance among educational researchers and theories.
• What are the general tends in the achievement gaps in American education?
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