Education Institution
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Definition and Emergence
 Education
 Formal system of teaching knowledge,
skills, values (culture)
 1918: Mandatory Laws
 All children must attend school
 Agricultural to Industrial economy
 Children went from being economically
valuable to an economic liability
Education Quiz Question #1
 1. By what percentage have
graduation rates increased from
1910-2010?
 A. For High Schools
 B. For Colleges
 C. Why?
Functionalist Perspective: Benefits
 Knowledge and Skills - Credentialing
 Cultural Values - Acculturation
 Social Integration - Mainstreaming
 National Identity: stabilizes political system
 Social Placement -Tracking or Gatekeeping
Education Quiz Question #2
 Give examples how elementary
schools acculturate students into the
following American core values?
 A. Individualism or Freedom
 B. Achievement and Success
 C. Efficiency and Practicality
Education Quiz Question #3
 What Family Functions are schools
replacing?
 A. Write three examples
Conflict Perspective: Inequality
 Hidden Curriculum
 Obedience and conformity
 Based on social class stereotypes
 Bias Tests
 IQ and SAT
 Funding
 Education promotes social inequality
Education Quiz Question #4
 How does family background
contribute to college attendance?
Education Quiz Question #5
 Who is least likely to complete high
school?
 A. Whites
 B. African Americans
 C. Latinos
Education Quiz Question #6
 Which high school graduates are also
more likely to complete college?
 A. Whites
 B. African Americans
 C. Latinos
Census Data
Education Quiz Question #7
 Read the section titled “The Rist
Research.” How did the teacher
determine which kindergarten kids
were seated in her classroom?
Symbolic Interaction: Micro
 Teacher-Student Interaction
 Rist Research (1970)
 Tracking
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African American kindergarten
Eight Days: students were categorized
Students were not tested
Attention and labeling
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: label stuck
Symbolic Interaction con’t
 Rosenthal-Jacobson Research (1968)
 Expectations
 Students Tested
 Randomly assigned to classrooms
 Expectations rather than test scores
effected ability
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Education Quiz Question #8
 What did Farkas find when studying
teacher-student interaction?
 A. Gender and Race affected teacher
grading
 B. Parental involvement affected teacher
grading
 C. Teachers graded students fairly
 D. Teachers discriminated against certain
groups of students
Education Quiz Question #9
 What are the social problems
associated with “grade inflation” and
“social promotion?”
Education Quiz Question #10
 What may be some societal
consequences to school
administrators faking graduation
rates?