School as a Social System Quiz

What is the primary purpose of developing individuality in a school system?

To allocate roles and statuses based on individual skills (correct)
To provide favors and prejudices to certain individuals
To promote equality, liberty, and fraternity among students
To create a hierarchical system based on individual skills

What is a system?

An entity consisting of unrelated parts
An entity consisting of interrelated and interdependent parts (correct)
An entity where a change in one part has no impact on the whole
An entity where a change in one part does not affect the others

How is a school viewed from a functionalist perspective?

As a collection of unrelated positions and roles
As a system where changes in one part do not affect the others
As a hierarchy of positions with no interdependence
As a set of interconnected parts that form a whole (correct)

What is the primary focus of functional analysis in a school system?

How social systems are maintained (A) Signup and view all the answers

How is a school system accomplished and maintained?

Through the allocation of roles and their performance (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between the parts of a school system?

The parts have a part-whole relationship (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary obligation of parents?

Ensuring the child's education and upbringing (A) Signup and view all the answers

How do schools and social institutions assist parents?

By aiding parents in fulfilling their irreplaceable duty (A) Signup and view all the answers

What has negatively impacted families' ability to educate children?

Breakdown of marriages and parents' work demands (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is a challenge faced by single mothers in raising a family according to the text?

Balancing work obligations with raising children (C) Signup and view all the answers

Why does the text emphasize the need for families, schools, and social institutions to work together?

To save the youth from negative impacts (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is highlighted as a consequence of unregulated use of technology by children in the text?

Exposure to unfavorable information (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the key roles that schools play in society?

Producing future leaders for all spheres of society (B) Signup and view all the answers

How does the type of school impact the nature of society, according to the text?

It determines the calibre of leaders produced (D) Signup and view all the answers

Why is there an emphasis on democratic norms in schools, as per the text?

To prepare students for future leadership roles (B) Signup and view all the answers

How does the school contribute to social change, as mentioned in the text?

By subjecting societal norms to continuous criticism (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is one function of the school analogous to the family, according to the text?

Socializing the individual (C) Signup and view all the answers

How does the calibre of leaders produced by schools influence society?

Determines the nature of society they create (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the concrete examples of school-community partnerships mentioned in the text?

Using school facilities for community assemblies (B) Signup and view all the answers

How are school resources utilized in the partnership with the Rural Health Unit?

School used for medical missions and mothers' class on child care (B) Signup and view all the answers

What role do parents play in the school-community partnership at Dumingaga Central School?

Budgeting, cooking, and purchasing for a feeding program (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following activities is NOT mentioned as part of the school-community partnerships in the text?

Selling school resources for profit (C) Signup and view all the answers

In what way do community donors contribute to the school-community partnership at Dumingaga Central School?

Maintaining a feeding program through budgeting, cooking, and purchasing (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of how schools can be utilized by the community based on the text?

Using schools as evacuation centers (B) Signup and view all the answers

What does the text say is a major sub-system of every society?

School (C) Signup and view all the answers

What does the school reflect?

The ideals and processes to further refine its understanding and processes (C) Signup and view all the answers

What does the text say the school, as a formal agency of education, imparts?

The maximum knowledge of the subjects required for necessary living of a useful and successful life (A) Signup and view all the answers

What has been a sound perspective to explain the working of schools?

Social systems theory (B) Signup and view all the answers

What does the text say the school consists of, as a social organization?

All of the above (D) Signup and view all the answers

What does the text say the school is, in addition to being a major sub-system of society?