Anthropology may aid in the progress of education by helping ...

[Arii_bell]

Anthropology may aid in the progress of education by helping educators avoid all of the following EXCEPT
 
  A. indiscriminate assignment of nonnative English speakers to the same classrooms as children with behavior problems.
  B. tolerance of ethnic diversity.
  C. incorrect application of labels such as learning impaired.
  D. sociolinguistic discrimination.
  E. ethnic stereotyping.

Question 2

In an example of applied anthropology's contribution to improving education, this chapter describes a study of Puerto Rican seventh graders in a Midwestern U.S. urban school (Hill-Burnett, 1978). What did anthropologists discover in this study?
 
  A. Puerto Rican students came from a background that placed less value on education than did that of white students.
  B. The parents of Puerto Rican students did not value achievement.
  C. The Puerto Rican subjects benefited from the English-as-a-foreign-language program.
  D. Puerto Ricans do not benefit from bilingual education.
  E. The Puerto Rican students' education was being affected by their teachers' misconceptions.

[Gabe]

Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: E

[Arii_bell]

Excellent

[jackie]

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