Ballantine
and Spade,
Schools
and
Society
5th
Edition
Instructor
Resource
1. Why is the role of the principal a balancing act? Describe two
challenges Lortie found in his study of principals.
2. Identify three occupations. Using Ingersoll and Merrill’s criteria
for professionalization, determine the extent to which those
occupations are professionalized.
3. List and explain three explanations of why teacher’s burnout using
Dworkin and Tobe and one other reading to illustrate your points?
4. What remedies would you propose to mitigate bullying in schools?
5. Discuss the schools–as–communities perspective in relation to
student misconduct. How can student misconduct be prevented? What are
the limitations of preventing misconduct using the schools–as–
communities perspective?
6. Given the reasons given by students in Rumberger’s article for
dropping out, what would you propose could decrease the number of high
school dropouts.
7. Lortie found that principals’ complaints about scarcity of time were
related to:
8. According to Lortie, the most complex task principals face are:
9. Lortie found that among the mistakes principals listed, the most
often cited mistake was in working with:
10. According to Ingersoll and Merrill, which of the following is a
traditional characteristic of the professional model:
11. As described in Ingersoll and Merrill, the idea that professionals
can possess expertise over a specific body of knowledge and skill is
known as:
12. According to Dworkin and Tobe, the concept of burnout includes:
13. Dworkin and Tobe find that burnout has _________with increasing
demands on schools for more accountability.
14. Dworkin and Tobe describe school reform efforts that impacted
15. Which of these is an aspect of adolescent socialization?
16. According to Demanet and Van Houtte, the schools–as–communities
perspective states that:
17. ____________ refers to unprovoked physical or psychological abuse
of an individual by one or more group of students over time to create a
pattern of harassment and abuse.
18. According to Dupper and Meyer–Adams, peer sexual harassment:
19. Why does Rumberger believe that dropouts are a financial drain on
society?
20. The number one self–reported reason for dropping out of school was:
21. Principals listed the evaluation and supervision of teachers as the
second most difficult task they faced in Lortie’s study.
22. Lortie argues that the public tends to view principals have having
limited time because of the important tasks they do.
23. According to prestige of occupations is something that is
impossible to measure.
24. The various waves of school reform have contributed positively to
teacher morale because they brought change to schools.
25. Dworkin and Tobe find that as efforts to improve school discipline
increase, teacher burnout drops.
26. Researchers from the schools–as–communities perspective also state
that attachment to different actors at school and the school itself
impedes school deviancy.
27. Communal schools typically create emotionally stable students who
do not feel the need to connect closely with each other.
28. Bullying can have negative effects on those who witness it.
29. High school is the most critical time for intervention against low–
level violence.
30. According to Rumberger, when a student drops out, it also means
they cannot graduate.