EDU 120 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS NEW!!
Industrial models of schools - Answer >>- schools reflect assembly lines of the Industrial
Revolution
- Senge
Industrial age assumptions of learning - Answer >>- 5 ways which learning occurs
- emerged from schools with beliefs following that of the industrial assembly line
1. children are deficient and schools should fix them (deficit perspective --> school can
make up for the innate)
2. Learning takes place in the head, not the body
3. Everyone learns, or should learn, in the same way
4. Learning takes place in the classroom, not in the world
5. There are smart kids and there are dumb kids
- Senge
Industrial age assumptions of schooling - Answer >>- 4 ways to manage and function
1. school is run by specialist who maintain control
2. knowledge is inherently fragmented
3. Schools communicate "the truth" (naive realism)
4. learning is primarily individualistic, & competition accelerates learning
- Senge
deficit perspective - Answer >>- with senge in industrial age assumptions of learning
- with post-secondary education readiness
Education equality - Answer >>- good sense, everyone should have an equally good
, education
- Brighouse
Labree's 3 goals of education - Answer >>1. Democratic equality (school prepares
students to be good citizens in democratic society)
2. Social Efficiency (school prepares individuals to contribute to societal economic
growth and well-being)
3. Social Mobility (school is a commodity in order to compete for and obtain
higher-socioeconomic status (ie higher income)
- Labree
Public good - Answer >>- service that everyone benefits from
- ie snuggie example, if you have it everyones warm
- ie public schools (everyone benefits; societal benefits by reduce in crime, however not
everyone supports public schools)
- Labree
Private good - Answer >>- service or good that the person who purchased, produced, or
finacially supported can use
- ie school can be private, in terms of social mobility (everyones competing to improve
themself); obtain education for the personal gain
- Labree
Stratification - Answer >>- school divided into levels or hierarchy (grades and ability)
- can also be divided by SES (socio-economic status)
- Labree
Use vs Exchange value of Education - Answer >>Use value: content of education itself is
intrinsically useful
Exchange value: extrinsic value; exchange for a job that has financial security, etc.
Industrial models of schools - Answer >>- schools reflect assembly lines of the Industrial
Revolution
- Senge
Industrial age assumptions of learning - Answer >>- 5 ways which learning occurs
- emerged from schools with beliefs following that of the industrial assembly line
1. children are deficient and schools should fix them (deficit perspective --> school can
make up for the innate)
2. Learning takes place in the head, not the body
3. Everyone learns, or should learn, in the same way
4. Learning takes place in the classroom, not in the world
5. There are smart kids and there are dumb kids
- Senge
Industrial age assumptions of schooling - Answer >>- 4 ways to manage and function
1. school is run by specialist who maintain control
2. knowledge is inherently fragmented
3. Schools communicate "the truth" (naive realism)
4. learning is primarily individualistic, & competition accelerates learning
- Senge
deficit perspective - Answer >>- with senge in industrial age assumptions of learning
- with post-secondary education readiness
Education equality - Answer >>- good sense, everyone should have an equally good
, education
- Brighouse
Labree's 3 goals of education - Answer >>1. Democratic equality (school prepares
students to be good citizens in democratic society)
2. Social Efficiency (school prepares individuals to contribute to societal economic
growth and well-being)
3. Social Mobility (school is a commodity in order to compete for and obtain
higher-socioeconomic status (ie higher income)
- Labree
Public good - Answer >>- service that everyone benefits from
- ie snuggie example, if you have it everyones warm
- ie public schools (everyone benefits; societal benefits by reduce in crime, however not
everyone supports public schools)
- Labree
Private good - Answer >>- service or good that the person who purchased, produced, or
finacially supported can use
- ie school can be private, in terms of social mobility (everyones competing to improve
themself); obtain education for the personal gain
- Labree
Stratification - Answer >>- school divided into levels or hierarchy (grades and ability)
- can also be divided by SES (socio-economic status)
- Labree
Use vs Exchange value of Education - Answer >>Use value: content of education itself is
intrinsically useful
Exchange value: extrinsic value; exchange for a job that has financial security, etc.
