1.1.1 The Role and Functions of the Education System

• Education promotes social mobility by improving socioeconomic status.


  True
• Social mobility in education refers to the opportunity to improve one's socioeconomic status
• Compare the economic preparation function with other primary functions of education:

  1️⃣ Economic Preparation: Equipping students with workforce skills

  2️⃣ Socialization: Transmitting cultural values and norms

  3️⃣ Social Mobility: Providing opportunities for socioeconomic advancement

  4️⃣ Selection and Allocation: Sorting students based on abilities
• The education system transmits societal values and norms to students through curriculum and teaching methods.

  True
• Match the socialization goals with their methods:

  Reinforces cultural values ↔️ Formal education

  Imparts skills for participation ↔️ Group projects

  Encourages cooperation ↔️ Peer discussions
• An engineering program at a university prepares students for careers in the engineering industry
• Education can maintain the existing political order by promoting dominant ideologies
• Schools use dress codes, detention, and surveillance cameras to exert control
• Socioeconomic background and cultural capital can create barriers to social mobility
• What is the role of the education system in economic preparation?

  Equipping for the workforce
• The education system refers to the institutions, processes, and structures that provide education and training
• Match the primary function with its description:

  Socialization ↔️ Transmitting cultural norms

  Social Mobility ↔️ Improving social status

  Selection and Allocation ↔️ Sorting students by skills

  Economic Preparation ↔️ Equipping workforce skills
• What is the role of economic preparation in education?

  Equipping workforce skills
• What is an example of economic preparation in education?

  University engineering program
• What role does the education system play in socialization?

  Transmits societal values and norms
• The education system prepares students for the workforce through economic preparation.


  True
• Political socialization in education shapes students' political ideology and engagement.


  True
• Match the social control functions with their descriptions:

  Discipline ↔️ Shapes behavior through rules

  Surveillance ↔️ Ensures compliance through monitoring

  Ideological control ↔️ Promotes dominant beliefs
• The education system facilitates social mobility by providing access to higher education.


  True
• Match the functions of the education system with their descriptions:

  Socialization ↔️ Transmits cultural values

  Social Mobility ↔️ Improves social status

  Economic Preparation ↔️ Equips for the workforce
• What does social mobility refer to in the education system?

  Improving social and economic status
• Socialization in the education system involves transmitting cultural values and norms.


  True
• Match the function of education with its description:

  Socialization ↔️ Transmitting cultural values

  Social Mobility ↔️ Improving social status

  Economic Preparation ↔️ Equipping students with skills
• What is the political role of education in shaping students' ideologies?

  Political socialization
• What is one way the education system maintains social order?

  Social control
• Match the mechanism of social mobility with its description:

  Access to Higher Education ↔️ Pathways for skills and qualifications

  Meritocratic Selection ↔️ Evaluated based on academic performance

  Credential Attainment ↔️ Signaling competence to employers
• What is the role of education in socialization?

  Transmitting cultural values
• What is the purpose of socialization in the education system?

  Transmitting cultural values
• The education system acts as an agent of socialization by shaping students' attitudes and behaviors.


  True
• The education system encompasses the institutions, processes, and structures designed to facilitate learning and development
• The education system socializes students through the curriculum, teaching methods, and interactions with teachers
• What is one of the primary goals of economic preparation in education?

  Develop a skilled workforce
• How can education be used for ideological control?

  Maintaining existing social order
• What is one example of ideological control in education?

  Reinforcing dominant social values
• What is one way the education system promotes social mobility?

  Offering vocational training
• The education system socializes students by transmitting cultural values and norms.

  True
• The education system categorizes students based on their abilities and skills in a process called selection
• Steps in the socialization process through education

  1️⃣ Cultural heritage is understood

  2️⃣ Civic duties are learned

  3️⃣ Effective functioning in society
• What type of program prepares students for engineering careers?

  University engineering
• Education can be used as a tool for maintaining the existing political and social order through ideological control