NSG 3480 Final Exam Community Health with correct
questions and answers GRADED A+
Using evidence from the Introduction section, why is it important for each student to
learn to read and critically think in the grander scheme of democratic participation? - It is
important for individuals in society to be literate and read critically in order to make
informed decisions in society.
What is one of the main reasons it was illegal for an enslaved person to learn to read
and write? - It was believed that if an enslaved person could read/write, he/she would
be less obedient.
What is the major flaw in the 1980 Bureau of the Census report stating that 99.5% of the
U.S. adults are literate? - - The testing methods were flawed because they only asked
them about their school completion.
-It was an over-simplistic view of literacy.
- The level of the literacy is not apparent in the report.
(All of these answers are correct)
Which of the following tasks could be completed if you are "functionally literate" - -
Putting together a piece of IKEA furniture
-Finding the difference between the original price of a tv and the reduced price
-Addressing an envelope
(All of these answers are correct)
What is a flaw in using functional literacy as a goal for literacy in schools? - -It only
measures to the lowest level of competency to just basic reading skills and does not
attend to the requirements of a democratic life.
-Programs for success in these have deskilled the teaching of reading.
-Programs for functional literacy disproportionately affect students in low-SES and
minority schools.
(all of these are correct)
Although the author states that it has not fully been figured out by theorists how to "learn
how to read the world critically," it is suggested by Freire to teach critical literacy through
the pedagogy of... - dialogue and sharing experiences to better understand inequality
and oppression.
, The type of literacy that appears in most dictionaries, "the ability to read and write." The
most simplistic view of literacy. - Conventional literacy
A knowledge-based checklist of names, places, events, titles and other items that all
people "should" know. - Cultural literacy
The ability to understand power relations in society, how knowledge and power are
interrelated, and to think and act reflectively against the social relations of oppression. -
Critical literacy
The ability to understand written instructions necessary for completing a task -
Functional literacy
Ideological hegemony theory states that __________________ is/are promoted in
schools. - compliance, not consent
It can be argued that schools strengthen cultural hegemony through - -the uncritical use
of popular textbooks.
-social stratification within the school structure.
-hierarchical distributions of power within schools.
(All of these are correct)
Completing a lab with prescribed directions of how to move through the lab to learn how
chemicals react. - Functional literacy
Aims to help citizens understand the history and culture - Cultural literacy
Aims to help citizens into the economic role - Functional literacy
Creating a timeline of the different atomic theorists that details the dates and changes
made to our society's understanding of an atom. - Cultural literacy
Researching credible news sources and then participating in a Socratic seminar about
climate change and its affects on marginalized people. - Critical literacy
Aims to help citizens criticize and change oppression - Critical literacy
The authors between contemporary literacy issues and Thomas Jefferson's ideas are to
illustrate.. - the enduring significance of literacy in education for democratic life.
Literacy rates (whether in terms of conventional, functional, cultural, or critical literacy)
can be influenced by - -access to the means of acquiring literacy.
-social class.
-gender
(all of these are correct)
questions and answers GRADED A+
Using evidence from the Introduction section, why is it important for each student to
learn to read and critically think in the grander scheme of democratic participation? - It is
important for individuals in society to be literate and read critically in order to make
informed decisions in society.
What is one of the main reasons it was illegal for an enslaved person to learn to read
and write? - It was believed that if an enslaved person could read/write, he/she would
be less obedient.
What is the major flaw in the 1980 Bureau of the Census report stating that 99.5% of the
U.S. adults are literate? - - The testing methods were flawed because they only asked
them about their school completion.
-It was an over-simplistic view of literacy.
- The level of the literacy is not apparent in the report.
(All of these answers are correct)
Which of the following tasks could be completed if you are "functionally literate" - -
Putting together a piece of IKEA furniture
-Finding the difference between the original price of a tv and the reduced price
-Addressing an envelope
(All of these answers are correct)
What is a flaw in using functional literacy as a goal for literacy in schools? - -It only
measures to the lowest level of competency to just basic reading skills and does not
attend to the requirements of a democratic life.
-Programs for success in these have deskilled the teaching of reading.
-Programs for functional literacy disproportionately affect students in low-SES and
minority schools.
(all of these are correct)
Although the author states that it has not fully been figured out by theorists how to "learn
how to read the world critically," it is suggested by Freire to teach critical literacy through
the pedagogy of... - dialogue and sharing experiences to better understand inequality
and oppression.
, The type of literacy that appears in most dictionaries, "the ability to read and write." The
most simplistic view of literacy. - Conventional literacy
A knowledge-based checklist of names, places, events, titles and other items that all
people "should" know. - Cultural literacy
The ability to understand power relations in society, how knowledge and power are
interrelated, and to think and act reflectively against the social relations of oppression. -
Critical literacy
The ability to understand written instructions necessary for completing a task -
Functional literacy
Ideological hegemony theory states that __________________ is/are promoted in
schools. - compliance, not consent
It can be argued that schools strengthen cultural hegemony through - -the uncritical use
of popular textbooks.
-social stratification within the school structure.
-hierarchical distributions of power within schools.
(All of these are correct)
Completing a lab with prescribed directions of how to move through the lab to learn how
chemicals react. - Functional literacy
Aims to help citizens understand the history and culture - Cultural literacy
Aims to help citizens into the economic role - Functional literacy
Creating a timeline of the different atomic theorists that details the dates and changes
made to our society's understanding of an atom. - Cultural literacy
Researching credible news sources and then participating in a Socratic seminar about
climate change and its affects on marginalized people. - Critical literacy
Aims to help citizens criticize and change oppression - Critical literacy
The authors between contemporary literacy issues and Thomas Jefferson's ideas are to
illustrate.. - the enduring significance of literacy in education for democratic life.
Literacy rates (whether in terms of conventional, functional, cultural, or critical literacy)
can be influenced by - -access to the means of acquiring literacy.
-social class.
-gender
(all of these are correct)
