Week 20 Tutorial

The discussion on "Canada's Dark History with Education" referred to this person:

• Pierre Trudeau

• Egerton Ryerson

• Sir John A Macdonald

• Lester B Pearson

Functionalists explain that education maintains social order by...

• Transmitting culture and promoting social integration

• Providing pathways to jobs and opportunities for success

• Attempting to diminish cycles of poverty and increase employment

• Accounting for societal needs and enhancing socialization

The Pygmalion Effect refers to...

• b) The tendency for individuals to conform to the expectations of others.

• a) The phenomenon where high expectations lead to improved performance.

• 1. d) The idea that people are more likely to remember positive feedback than negative feedback.

• c) The concept that one's self-perception influences their behavior.

This is the practice of putting people into certain curriculum groups based on test scores

What is an organization?

• 1. an assembly of individuals with no specific purpose or direction

• a formal collective group of individuals working towards social change

• a skill that you are evaluated on for your report cards in elementary school

• a group with identifiable membership that engages in concerted collective actions to achieve a common purpose

this is the most common type of formal organization (hint: Weber)

This phenomenon coined by Ritzer describes common principles embraced across Western capitalist societies

• Fordism

• Efficient operation

• McDonaldization

• Productivity

What is NOT one of the aspects of the Scientific Management Approach (Frederick Winslow Taylor)

• Emphasized maximum work efficiency and productivity through scientific planning of the labour process

• Breaking down industrial processes to be precisely timed and organized will creating efficiency

• Regular collection of data and employee evaluation will enhance operating procedures

• Widespread impact on the organization of industrial production and on workplace politics (micromanaging)