Margaret's teacher, Ms. Jones, is from an upper-middle class white family and is not fully aware of the culture of Margaret, who is from a working class African American family. Ms. Jones likes Margaret very much but has misinterpreted Margaret's language patterns as an indicator of lack of intelligence. Because she likes Margaret and wants her to do well and not be discouraged, she has assigned her to a remedial reading group. By the end of the school year, Margaret's reading ability actually declines to the level of the students in her reading group. This is an example of:
a. credentialism.
b. the hidden curriculum.
c. a self-fulfilling prophecy.
d. cultural capital.
Question 2At the micro level, sociologists of education might be interested in knowing about:
a. the adequacy of school budgets.
b. how the school experiences of working class and middle class students differ.
c. trends in SAT scores.
d. trends in course offerings across the country.
Question 3Conflict theorists are interested in how the ________ of education leads to unequal results; symbolic interactionists are more interested in the ________ of education.
a. structure; processes
b. processes; structure
c. structure; institutionalization
d. institutionalization; structure
Question 4In the modern world, the ability of parents to pass on their social class attainments to their children depends to a large extent on:
a. their children's intelligence.
b. their children's achievement motivation.
c. the parents' ability to provide their children with appropriate educational credentials.
d. the parents' involvement in politics.
Question 5Which of the following statements is true?
a. School segregation has increased over the last twenty years.
b. School segregation has decreased over the last twenty years.
c. Opportunities in school are the same regardless of income or ethnicity.
d. School segregation is legal.
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