Exploring Culture's Impact on History Textbooks
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According to the text, which country's textbooks focused on the war in the Pacific rather than in Europe or North Africa?

  • Sweden
  • Japan (correct)
  • US
  • England
  • What is the main focus of functionalism in relation to education?

  • Preparing students for future employability (correct)
  • Creating a culture of entrepreneurship
  • Fostering a positive view of industry
  • Promoting economic growth
  • What is the main emphasis of the New Right approach to education?

  • Training an efficient workforce
  • Efficiency and value for money (correct)
  • Fostering a positive view of industry
  • Equality of opportunity
  • What is the main idea behind a knowledge economy?

    <p>Using intellectual skills for economic growth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Young, how should the curriculum be viewed?

    <p>As an area of sociological investigation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to postmodernists, how is knowledge viewed?

    <p>Relative and limited</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the criticisms of postmodernism?

    <p>It ignores the wider political and economic forces that shape the education system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Usher and Edwards argue about education?

    <p>Education should teach many different things and accept different truths</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, why is expansion in higher education provision seen as important?

    <p>To increase the pool of skills available to employers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the OECD, what determines productivity and growth in knowledge-based economies?

    <p>The rate of technical progress and the accumulation of knowledge</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what are key elements of the knowledge-based economy?

    <p>Education and training</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the criticisms of the knowledge economy mentioned in the text?

    <p>There are not enough degree-level knowledge-intensive jobs to meet the demand for them</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following factors have been identified as influencing the content of the curriculum?

    <p>Gender</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Young, which of the following characteristics contribute to a subject having high status in the curriculum?

    <p>Being taught to the 'most able' students</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Reynolds, what is the basis for the distinction between academic and non-academic subjects?

    <p>The division between mental and manual labor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Young, why do people in positions of power define their own knowledge as superior?

    <p>To maintain the established order</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Dale Spender, feminist sociologists argue that educational knowledge is defined 'from a white "male" perspective' and women's knowledge and experiences are often considered insignificant. What was one of Spender's main criticisms of the school curriculum from a feminist perspective?

    <p>The curriculum focused mainly on men's achievements and ignored women's contributions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which group does Dale Spender argue largely controls education and uses their power to define what knowledge and experiences are important?

    <p>Men</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What perspective did Dale Spender use to examine the content of the school curriculum?

    <p>Feminist perspective</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is the social basis of knowledge?

    <p>Knowledge is socially constructed and produced by members of society.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is the view of constructionism regarding truth and knowledge?

    <p>There is no such thing as objective knowledge and all knowledge must be equally valuable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Michael F.D. Young, what is his view on educational knowledge?

    <p>All knowledge is socially constructed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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