EDFN 3301 MIDTERM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS)
/ALREADY GRADED
Political economy Ans✓✓✓the political system of a society and the
economic stratification of a society
Schooling vs education Ans✓✓✓Includes: planned instruction,
programs of study, state's goals for its citizens, learning achieved
through a hidden curriculum (not tailored interests)
Social theory Ans✓✓✓an important analytical tool that contributes to
an interpretive understanding of how or why something occurs.
Training vs education Ans✓✓✓attempts to get people to perform
specific tasks in a predictable manner.
The analytic framework presented in Tozer, Senese, & Violas
(2013/2020) suggests that schooling policies are -- Ans✓✓✓a product
of a society's political-economic and ideological forces.
An important goal of education is Ans✓✓✓1.) one's "self-creation", 2.)
the development of the ability to select from among possible
alternatives, and 3.) the development of the ability to generate responses
to unanticipated situation.
, Thomas Jefferson & Intellectual freedom: Ans✓✓✓For Jefferson,
"truth" was a property of the natural world, and could be discovered
through the free exercise of intellect and reason.
Jefferson's belief that three years of publicly funded education would
help create a literate public reflected his view that in three years people
could Ans✓✓✓develop a literacy foundation for lifelong learning.
reason positive freedom v. negative freedom: Ans✓✓✓Negative
freedom is: laissez-fair economic policy, separation of church and state,
civil rights
natural aristocracy/meritocracy: Ans✓✓✓meritocracy values social
position over talent. Oxford dictionary states meritocracy is a ruling or
influential class of educated or skilled people. I think this is a better way
to understand meritocracy.
Horace Mann & Public-School movement: Ans✓✓✓Horace Mann's
belief that women would make better teachers than men reflects 1.)
women and men have inherently different natures, 2.) his belief that men
were not as good role models for youths, 3.) his concern about keeping
costs low and women would accept less pay. He did NOT believe that
women were on the road to equality
normal schools: Ans✓✓✓The purpose of the normal schools was NOT
to teach prospective educators academic subjects but instead and
teaching methodology only.
VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% CORRECT ANSWERS)
/ALREADY GRADED
Political economy Ans✓✓✓the political system of a society and the
economic stratification of a society
Schooling vs education Ans✓✓✓Includes: planned instruction,
programs of study, state's goals for its citizens, learning achieved
through a hidden curriculum (not tailored interests)
Social theory Ans✓✓✓an important analytical tool that contributes to
an interpretive understanding of how or why something occurs.
Training vs education Ans✓✓✓attempts to get people to perform
specific tasks in a predictable manner.
The analytic framework presented in Tozer, Senese, & Violas
(2013/2020) suggests that schooling policies are -- Ans✓✓✓a product
of a society's political-economic and ideological forces.
An important goal of education is Ans✓✓✓1.) one's "self-creation", 2.)
the development of the ability to select from among possible
alternatives, and 3.) the development of the ability to generate responses
to unanticipated situation.
, Thomas Jefferson & Intellectual freedom: Ans✓✓✓For Jefferson,
"truth" was a property of the natural world, and could be discovered
through the free exercise of intellect and reason.
Jefferson's belief that three years of publicly funded education would
help create a literate public reflected his view that in three years people
could Ans✓✓✓develop a literacy foundation for lifelong learning.
reason positive freedom v. negative freedom: Ans✓✓✓Negative
freedom is: laissez-fair economic policy, separation of church and state,
civil rights
natural aristocracy/meritocracy: Ans✓✓✓meritocracy values social
position over talent. Oxford dictionary states meritocracy is a ruling or
influential class of educated or skilled people. I think this is a better way
to understand meritocracy.
Horace Mann & Public-School movement: Ans✓✓✓Horace Mann's
belief that women would make better teachers than men reflects 1.)
women and men have inherently different natures, 2.) his belief that men
were not as good role models for youths, 3.) his concern about keeping
costs low and women would accept less pay. He did NOT believe that
women were on the road to equality
normal schools: Ans✓✓✓The purpose of the normal schools was NOT
to teach prospective educators academic subjects but instead and
teaching methodology only.
