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| education is the social institurion by which society provides people with important knowlegde including,_____ | cultural norms/values, basic facts and information, job skills |
| In Japan caompared with the United states, getting into college is more a matter of | personal ability demonstrated on achievement tests |
| the term "tracking" refers to | placing student in a single grade level in different curriculum |
| the problem with the practice of tracking students in school is that | the best schooling goes to students that are more privileged to begin with |
| Jonathan Kozol condems the US educational system for | unequal funding that makes some schools better than others |
| The most crucial factor affecting access to college in the united states is | family income |
| As income goes up among US families | the share of children going to college rises sharply |
| Following a social-conflict approach, schooling in the US helps to eliminate social inequality | false |
| Using social-conflict approach, schooling in the US transforms social privilege into person merit | true |
| What are some reasons that students arte passive within the "silent classrooms" of US colleges. | boredom, increased time spent on electronics, schools rigid expectations and numerical rating systems |
| schooling | formal instruction under direction of specially trained teachers |
| functional illiteracy | a lack of reading and writing skills needed for everyday living |
| mainstreaming | integrating students with disabilities into the overall educational program |
| social epidemiology | the study of how health and disease are distributed throughout a societies population |
| euthanasia | assiting inb the death of someone with an incurable disease |
| holistic medicine | an approach to healthcare that emphasizes prevention of illnes, taking into account persons physical and social environment |
| socialized medicine | a medical care system in which the government owns and operates most medical facilities |
| direct fee service | a medical care system in which patients pay directly for health services |
| health maintenance organization (HMO) | organization that provides comprehensive medical care to subscribers for a fixed fee. |
