1. What are the benefits of desegregating schools according to research on the topic? Minority achievements tend to improve and white achievements are not affected. Students’ future prospects also tend to improve with desegregation. Finally, racial relations tend to improve with desegregation as students learn about people who are different than they are in terms of race, ethnicity, and class.
2. What is social promotion and why is it used? The policy of social promotion is one of not “flunking” students even if they had not mastered the grade level knowledge. The idea behind social promotion was a positive one as teachers and other education professionals wanted to spare students from the sometime negative effects of labels.
3. What is grade inflation? How did this practice begin? Grade inflation is a distorted picture of what students learn as higher grades are given for work that once earned a lower grade. In the United States, grade inflation became more common during the Vietnam War. Male college students who didn’t earn good enough grades lost their draft deferments and were sent to war. Perhaps not wanting to be responsible for this, professors began giving better grades to students. While a “C” used to be an average, respectable grade in the past, grades of “A” and “B” became more common.
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What is a hidden curriculum? Give an example of a hidden curriculum. which transmits the values, norms, and beliefs of a society. The hidden curriculum is thought to reflect middle class culture. For example, the social instruction in the early years of a child’s education often reflects what society considers acceptable behaviors, including how boys and girls should act.
5. What is tracking or ability grouping? How is this practice used in schools? Tracking or ability grouping is a system whereby students are grouped together by ability so they can be taught with each other. Tracking is seen as a way to group students together based on their academic and intellectual
2. What is social promotion and why is it used? The policy of social promotion is one of not “flunking” students even if they had not mastered the grade level knowledge. The idea behind social promotion was a positive one as teachers and other education professionals wanted to spare students from the sometime negative effects of labels.
3. What is grade inflation? How did this practice begin? Grade inflation is a distorted picture of what students learn as higher grades are given for work that once earned a lower grade. In the United States, grade inflation became more common during the Vietnam War. Male college students who didn’t earn good enough grades lost their draft deferments and were sent to war. Perhaps not wanting to be responsible for this, professors began giving better grades to students. While a “C” used to be an average, respectable grade in the past, grades of “A” and “B” became more common.
4. …show more content…
What is a hidden curriculum? Give an example of a hidden curriculum. which transmits the values, norms, and beliefs of a society. The hidden curriculum is thought to reflect middle class culture. For example, the social instruction in the early years of a child’s education often reflects what society considers acceptable behaviors, including how boys and girls should act.
5. What is tracking or ability grouping? How is this practice used in schools? Tracking or ability grouping is a system whereby students are grouped together by ability so they can be taught with each other. Tracking is seen as a way to group students together based on their academic and intellectual