Human Diversity in Education: An Integrative Approach, 4/e

Kenneth H. Cushner, Kent State University, Kent
Averil McClelland, Kent State University, Kent
Philip Safford, Case Western Reserve University

Education in a Changing Society

True or False


1	Recent census figures for the state of California show that there is currently strong cultural majority there.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	New forms of relationships within the family are characteristic of some of the changes that challenge the institution of the family.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	In the United States, the number of children living in poverty has risen over 40 percent since 1970, and more than 12 million American children now live below the poverty level.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	There has been a decrease in intermarriage between individuals from different ethnic and religious groups.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	Inclusion means that children with disabilities are educated, when at all possible, in the same classrooms as their peers who do not have disabilities.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	According to Shakeshaft, research on gender and schooling shows that when it comes to education, what is good for males is good for females.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	School reform has little relation to changes in the society of which the schools are a part.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	A root cause of changes in social institutions is that social circumstances change in the society in which the institutions exist.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	Schools and classrooms designed for an information age do not emphasize the rich resources that come with diversity.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	In a classroom that finds diversity to be a rich resource, activities might be those in which students and teachers are taking multiple roles.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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