EDUC Exam 2 (Correct answers)
Schooling vs. Education differences correct answers Schooling:
-Rigid, structured.
-Facts, information is to be absorbed
-Time is its engine
-Stops and starts. Finite.
Education:
-Life experiences, human relationships
-Personal, individual interests.
-Changing often
-Fewer social requirements
transmitting culture vs. reconstructing society correct answers -transmitting culture thinks schools exist to
advance society by ensuring the young know and appreciate the values of society. This can lead to
cultural superiority, and forgets diversity.
-reconstructing society thinks schools work toward activating student interest and commitment to
improve society. Under here are social reconstructionists, democratic reconstructionists, and economic
reconstructionists.
4 basic purposes of school correct answers -intellectual purposes- to foster intellectual development.
Focuses on academics.
-political/civic purposes- to help students become successful citizens. Schools can help people learn how
to govern themselves wisely and justly.
-economic purposes- schools help students climb the economic ladder, obtaining the skills and knowledge
required to attend college or to get a job. More preparatory focus.
-social purposes- the school helps to mold or guide students into what their society needed and expected
of them. Students should understand their role in societies order.
National Level: President correct answers -presents an education budget
-proposes programs
National level: supreme court correct answers -has changed education policies in the past
, -have issued key rulings affecting policies such as desegregation and gender equity
National level: secretary of education correct answers -focuses on how to improve results of our
education
-administers federal assistance to schools
-enforces federal education laws
State level: governor correct answers -appoints state board of education members
-provides vision for education in states
State level: supreme court correct answers -interprets constitutionality of laws impacting schools
-recent years- funding issues for adequate education
State level: Legislature/general assembly correct answers -levies state taxes
-enact laws related to education
State level: state board of education correct answers -outlines minimum curricular and graduation
standards for state
-sets standards for school attendance and safety in state
-regulate nature and size of local school districts
State level: State Superintendent of Schools correct answers -oversees the state department of education
-implements policies from the state board of education
-reports on the status of state education to others
State level: State department of education correct answers -conduct all administrative tasks to implement
state policies
-licenses teachers and administrators
-distribute state and federal funds
-involved with testing of student progress
-accredit college and university educational licensure programs
Schooling vs. Education differences correct answers Schooling:
-Rigid, structured.
-Facts, information is to be absorbed
-Time is its engine
-Stops and starts. Finite.
Education:
-Life experiences, human relationships
-Personal, individual interests.
-Changing often
-Fewer social requirements
transmitting culture vs. reconstructing society correct answers -transmitting culture thinks schools exist to
advance society by ensuring the young know and appreciate the values of society. This can lead to
cultural superiority, and forgets diversity.
-reconstructing society thinks schools work toward activating student interest and commitment to
improve society. Under here are social reconstructionists, democratic reconstructionists, and economic
reconstructionists.
4 basic purposes of school correct answers -intellectual purposes- to foster intellectual development.
Focuses on academics.
-political/civic purposes- to help students become successful citizens. Schools can help people learn how
to govern themselves wisely and justly.
-economic purposes- schools help students climb the economic ladder, obtaining the skills and knowledge
required to attend college or to get a job. More preparatory focus.
-social purposes- the school helps to mold or guide students into what their society needed and expected
of them. Students should understand their role in societies order.
National Level: President correct answers -presents an education budget
-proposes programs
National level: supreme court correct answers -has changed education policies in the past
, -have issued key rulings affecting policies such as desegregation and gender equity
National level: secretary of education correct answers -focuses on how to improve results of our
education
-administers federal assistance to schools
-enforces federal education laws
State level: governor correct answers -appoints state board of education members
-provides vision for education in states
State level: supreme court correct answers -interprets constitutionality of laws impacting schools
-recent years- funding issues for adequate education
State level: Legislature/general assembly correct answers -levies state taxes
-enact laws related to education
State level: state board of education correct answers -outlines minimum curricular and graduation
standards for state
-sets standards for school attendance and safety in state
-regulate nature and size of local school districts
State level: State Superintendent of Schools correct answers -oversees the state department of education
-implements policies from the state board of education
-reports on the status of state education to others
State level: State department of education correct answers -conduct all administrative tasks to implement
state policies
-licenses teachers and administrators
-distribute state and federal funds
-involved with testing of student progress
-accredit college and university educational licensure programs
