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nautica902 · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Interactionists point out that when people from divergent groups are exposed to each other, favorable attitudes and behavior develop when certain factors are present. Which of the following is NOT one of these factors?

a. The members of each group must have equal status.
b. The members of each group must pursue different goals.
c. The members of each group must cooperate with one another to achieve their goals.
d. The members of each group must receive positive feedback when they interact with one another in positive, nondiscriminatory ways.

Question 2

Discuss the conflict perspective on education, and explain how tracking produces social inequality.

What will be an ideal response?

rnehls · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 2, 2018

Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

Tracking refers to the practice of assigning students to specific curriculum groups and

courses on the basis of their test scores, previous grades, or other criteria. Conflict

theorists believe that tracking seriously affects many students' educational

performance and their overall academic accomplishments. In elementary schools,

tracking is often referred to as ability grouping and is based on the assumption that it

is easier to teach a group of students who have similar abilities. However, class-based

factors also affect which children are most likely to be placed in high, middle, or

low groups. Tracking does make it possible for students to work together based on

their perceived abilities and at their own pace however, it also extracts a serious toll

for students who are labeled as underachievers or slow learners.. Race, class,

language, gender, and many other social categories may determine the placement of

children in elementary tracking systems as much as or more than their actual academic

abilities and interests. The practice of tracking continues in middle school/junior high

and high school. Numerous studies over the past three decades have found that ability

grouping and tracking affect students' academic achievement and career choices.

Moreover, some social scientists believe that tracking is one of the most obvious

mechanisms through which students of color and those from low-income families

receive a diluted academic program, which makes it much more likely that they will fall

even farther behind their white, middle-class counterparts.