Sociology: Education
Across
- 2. the standards of behavior that are deemed proper by society and are taught subtly in the schools, such as learning to be obedient and submit to authority
- 4. the impact that a teacher’s expectations about a student’s performance may have on the student’s actual achievements
- 6. a social institution through which members of a society are taught basic academic knowledge, learning skills, and cultural norms
- 8. placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of test scores and other criteria.
- 9. people use education to improve their social standing; schools select, train, and certify students to become effective performing specialized jobs in a society with a complex division of labor
- 10. people’s equal ability to participate in an education system
Down
- 1. the ___ principle says schools tend to promote the values expected of people in each social class and to prepare students for the types of jobs typically held by members of that class
- 3. the emphasis on certificates or degrees to show that a person has a certain skill, has attained a certain level of education, or has met certain job qualifications
- 5. this type of education involves the learning of academic facts and concepts through a formal curriculum
- 7. this type of education involves learning about cultural values, norms, and expected behaviors by participating in a society