Ballantine
and Spade,
Schools
and
Society
5th
Edition
Instructor
Resource
1. Using two articles in Chapter 11, describe two social groups that
are likely to fight school reform and describe the reasons why they
would do so.
2. Describe two differences between the American system of education
and the schools described in Levin, Schwartz, and Gamoran’s article.
For each difference, indicate which parts or practices in the
organization of schooling contribute to these differences OR which
outcomes come from these different patterns.
3. Define a social movement giving three examples from different
historical eras (including
one current movement), describing their constituencies and purposes.
4. Compare educational form coming from social movements vs.
administrative policy changes. List advantages and disadvantages for
both
5. Given all that you have learned about education from this text, do
Illich’s assertions about schooling hold any merit? What alternatives
to deschooling would you propose?
6. What does Illich mean by “deschooling society”? List one possible
benefit from deschooling society and one problem that will occur – try
to reference a concept or article for each.
7. Why do Hill and Johnston think the current way of educating in our
country will change? Discuss four factors that are causing or enabling
a change in education format.
8. The first broad educational reform in the U.S., as described in the
Introduction to Chapter 11, was associated with:
9. Current educational reforms in the U.S. are focused on:
10. According to Levin, Schwartz, and Gamoran, successful foreign
education systems do NOT have:
11. Which was NOT a country that Levin, Schwartz, and Gamoran claimed
had a superior education program:
12. According to Levin, Schwartz, and Gamoran, most successful
countries focus on developing talented people as educators by:
13. Schools that use contractors or pay per course instruction are
known as:
14. Which is NOT a current strain against new school styles that was
described by Hill and Johnston.
15. For full exploitation of technology to happen for hybrid and broker
schools, schools will have to be built around:
16. According to Hill and Johnston, using more technology would likely:
17. According to Anyon, social movements
18. Anyon cited the following group as important in early educational
reforms:
19. One problem with current school reform efforts, according to Anyon
is that they are:
20. According to Illich, neither learning nor justice is promoted by
schooling because educators insist on packaging instruction with
____________.
21. According to Illich, teaching basic skills:
22. In order to achieve deschooling in society, Illich argued that:
23. There is a tendency for schools to remain “as is” rather than
create long–term change.
24. Other countries have developed various teaching tracks with pay
equality, so administration and teachers can both be paid the same.
25. According to Levin, Schwartz, and Gamoran, Singapore has developed
successful education leadership by basing its practices on its
government administration structure rather than private business.
26. According to Levin, Schwartz, and Gamoran, the best way to
encourage schools to improve is to shut down poorly performing schools
and given additional funding to successful schools.
27. Virtual schools also have appeal in rural areas.
28. New technology is one of the biggest enabling factors for virtual
schools.
29. Virtual schools are prefect when school systems are forced to fire
a large number of their qualified teachers.
30. Anyon argues that the “Right to Life” movement is not a social
movement.
31. Anyon uses the Civil Rights Movement as an example of a social
movement that targeted educational equity.
32. Anyon sees the need for social movements that are attempting to
reduce educational inequalities to link more to global issues.
33. An advantage of a deschooled society is that people’s networks
should expand.
34. Illich explains that making intellectual matches in a deschooled
society could be as simple as putting a book next to your coffee mug in
a coffee shop.
35. According to Illich, most learning is the result of teaching.