22 Questions
According to the text, which country's textbooks focused on the war in the Pacific rather than in Europe or North Africa?
Japan
What is the main focus of functionalism in relation to education?
Preparing students for future employability
What is the main emphasis of the New Right approach to education?
Efficiency and value for money
What is the main idea behind a knowledge economy?
Using intellectual skills for economic growth
According to Young, how should the curriculum be viewed?
As an area of sociological investigation
According to postmodernists, how is knowledge viewed?
Relative and limited
What is one of the criticisms of postmodernism?
It ignores the wider political and economic forces that shape the education system
What does Usher and Edwards argue about education?
Education should teach many different things and accept different truths
According to the text, why is expansion in higher education provision seen as important?
To increase the pool of skills available to employers
According to the OECD, what determines productivity and growth in knowledge-based economies?
The rate of technical progress and the accumulation of knowledge
According to the text, what are key elements of the knowledge-based economy?
Education and training
What is one of the criticisms of the knowledge economy mentioned in the text?
There are not enough degree-level knowledge-intensive jobs to meet the demand for them
Which of the following factors have been identified as influencing the content of the curriculum?
Gender
According to Young, which of the following characteristics contribute to a subject having high status in the curriculum?
Being taught to the 'most able' students
According to Reynolds, what is the basis for the distinction between academic and non-academic subjects?
The division between mental and manual labor
According to Young, why do people in positions of power define their own knowledge as superior?
To maintain the established order
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?
The curriculum focused mainly on men's achievements and ignored women's contributions.
Which group does Dale Spender argue largely controls education and uses their power to define what knowledge and experiences are important?
Men
What perspective did Dale Spender use to examine the content of the school curriculum?
Feminist perspective
According to the text, what is the social basis of knowledge?
Knowledge is socially constructed and produced by members of society.
According to the text, what is the view of constructionism regarding truth and knowledge?
There is no such thing as objective knowledge and all knowledge must be equally valuable.
According to Michael F.D. Young, what is his view on educational knowledge?
All knowledge is socially constructed.
This quiz tests your knowledge on the influence of culture on the content of history textbooks. Learn about the research conducted by Stuart Foster and Jason Nicholls and explore the connection between culture and the curriculum.
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