Education
- What are generally acknowledged as the 3 primary goals of education?
- In 2006, what percentage of Americans 25 and over have a four year college degree or higher?
What percent have attended “some college” (or have an associates’ degree)?
- According to functionalists, what should be the key functions of an educational system?
- According to conflict theorists, what are the three main ways that the educational system unfairly treats poor and working class students (and minorities)?
- How are public schools in the
- What do the conflict theorists Bowles and Gintis mean by the term "the correspondence principle"?
- What is meant by the term “cultural capital”?
- What does it mean to call education a credential?
- What are the conflict theorist’s main complaints about credentialism?
- According to Hacker, what are the main problems with contemporary higher education?
- According to Gracey, what are the main purposes of kindergarten?
- According to Gatto, what are the fundamental problems with the American educational system? What are the consequences for students?
OUTLINE FOR FAMILY
- What is the main source of family-related problems according to social and religious conservatives?
- According to conflict theorists, why is the family a site for the exploitation of women?
- Approximately what percentage of women are victims of domestic abuse?
- What are the individual level explanations for domestic violence?
- What are the societal level explanations for domestic violence?
- Approximately, what percent of mothers with pre-school age children currently work (or were
looking for work)?
- What are the differences between the
- How many weeks of unpaid leave does Family Medical Leave Act give to individuals to care
for a child, parent, or spouse (providing they meet the requirements)
- How did the families Hochschild interviewed at Amerco Corporation deal with the “time bind”?
- What kinds of government support do conflict theorists recommend to deal with family-related
problems?
- According to Hirshman, why do so many “elite”/well-educated women opt out of their careers?
- What kind of “rules” for young women does Hirshman advocate?
- What have been the general trends with respect to the divorce rate over the last 60 years?
- What are the commonly cited explanations for the high divorce rate in the
- What are Coontz’s proposals to reduce the prevalence of divorce?
- What are Coontz’s proposals to minimize the negative consequences of divorce?
ESSAY QUESTIONS FOR 5TH TEST
1. What is the most important sociological concept (or finding) that you learned all semester? Why? Be sure to discuss the concept or finding as clearly as possible and how it has changed the way you perceive yourself and the larger society? Elaborate. (You should think about this question before the day of the test.)
2. Discuss the different ways, as described by conflict theorists, that class inequalities produce educational inequalities. Be sure to explain the concept of “cultural capital”. In your opinion, should anything be done about the increasing “credentialism” in
3. When Hochschild interviewed workers at Amerco Corporation in the mid 1990s, how did they tend to deal with the “time bind” (i.e. juggling family and worklife)? Summarize both Hirshman’s assertions about the “opt-out revolution” and her solutions to the issue as well as Brooks’ criticisms of Hirshman. Whose arguments do you most agree with? Why? In particular, do you agree with Hirshman’s “rules” for well-educated women? Lastly, given all that you have read (and discussed in class), what is the most important thing that could be done to help families where both parents work? Elaborate.
Responsible For: Schaefer: Chapter 8 (pages 212-215); Chapter 9 (pages 228-240)
Kozol (pps. 1-11); Gatto (pps. 33-38); Shahmehri (pps. 204- 209);
Hirshman (pps. 20-26); Brooks (pps. 1-2)
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