Ballantine
and Spade,
Schools
and
Society
5th
Edition
Instructor
Resource
1. Discuss two difficulties in defining globalization as it relates to
schooling using illustrations from the readings.
2. In what ways might the global trends outlined by Baker and Letendre
affect educational and social inequality both in the U.S. and globally?
3. What is the school to work transition? Why is it important in
studying educational stratification?
4. What are the barriers to attending school developing countries? How
are they different for boys and girls?
5. Is there an education crisis in the world today? Why or why not?
6. What are the barriers to attaining universal primary and secondary
education in developing countries?
7. Top–down globalization typically starts studying schools at
the___________ level.
8. As noted in the introduction, institutional theory focuses on the
influence of the:
9. How many countries participate in international testing?
10. What is NOT an issue with international or national testing?
11. Countries that score poorly in early rounds of international
testing typically:
12. Baker and LeTendre describe public schooling for large numbers of
children as:
13. Baker and LeTendre argument that schooling is an institution
includes the point that institutions:
14. According to Brooks, what has NOT been a recent change in the
education to labor transition:
15. Brooks claims that existing trends still persist when looking at:
16. The Bologna Process was mean to:
17. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of educating girls:
18. Lockheed and Lewis note that of the 60 million girls not in primary
school, the majority are from:
19. One thing Lewis and Lockheed suggested that countries can do to
change policies that discriminate against girls attending school such
as:
20. Cohen, Bloom, Malin, and Curry find significant improvement in:
21. Despite gains, unfortunately Cohen, Bloom, Malin, and Curry find
that:
22. According to Cohen, Bloom, Malin and Curry, the economic benefits
of universal primary and secondary education are:
23. Comparisons of educational systems globally typically focus on test
scores and things that can be measured easily.
24. Exams such as IEA compare children around the world on literacy,
mathematics, science and other subjects.
25. Globalization and “comparative education” are the same concepts.
26. Baker and LeTendre’s discussion of national school systems argues
that such systems are uniquely different and affected by global forces
only slightly.
27. Gender continues to play a central role in shaping the pathways
taken by young people, with more young men than young women outside the
labor force.
28. According to Brooks, those that stay the longest in the education
system are usually the most adversely affected by changes in the labor
market.
29. Lewis and Lockheed find that feeding children provides incentives
for households to send girls to school.
30. Lewis and Lockheed call for expanding options for schooling to
educate more girls, such as distance learning and non–formal schools.
31. According to Cohen, Bloom, Malin and Curry, corruption is an
obstacle to universal primary and secondary education.
32. Education is a basic human right.