Practice Quiz: Chapter 10

. Practices known as "silencing" inhibit many students from raising concerns that are important to them, often making students or parents uneasy about their own cultural backgrounds in relation to the authority represented by the school. These practices are often reinforced by which model of pedagogy?

. According to the text, approximately what proportion of Canadians are engaged in full-time schooling?

. According to human capital theory, human capital can be enhanced when adequate investment is made in which of the following?

. Which term refers to the unwritten purposes or goals of school life?

. Which of the following countries have highly centralized systems of education?

. Which theory emphasizes the persistent barriers to opportunity and advancement created by deeply rooted relations of domination and subordination in education?

. What was the most common university degree field of study for women in 2013?

. Education spending in Canada accounts for what percentage of the GDP?

. Which field of study ranked first for female graduates in 2013?

. What term describes the impact of rapidly changing information technologies and scientific advancements on business, workplaces, and education?

. The new economy is also referred to as the knowledge-based economy.

. According to conflict theorists, claims that all students have a fair chance to succeed represent democratic ideology that cannot be fulfilled.

. There is a uniform way of understanding education.

. Just over a century ago, communities frequently lacked schools or qualified teachers, many children did not go to school, and those who did attend typically left by their early teen years.

. For symbolic interactionists, societies and institutions are fixed entities.

. There is increasing diversity in education. The educational participation of girls and women has increased significantly since the Second World War, especially at the post-secondary level.

. Mary Wollstonecraft saw access to education as a fundamental right for women.

. There is a growing gap between the "have" and "have-not" schools.

. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, most occupations required educational credentials.

. Canada has one of the most highly educated populations in the world.

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