Pse 6680 - Final Exam - Adult Education Curriculum

Curriculum Development for Adult Education PSE 6680 Final Examination --- 20 points Dr. Davidson Please answer TWO of the following: 1. Students of Latino heritage represent one of the fastest growing groups in the American schools today. Overtime, what curricular changes might you anticipate as Latinos come to represent an ever larger percentage of the total adult school population? 2. What are some present-day school practices that reflect the perspectives of education that originally developed in Europe or the lands around the Mediterranean? 3. Some critics say the increase in testing in schools is undesirable because it encourages instructors to teach to the test. Others argue that, if tests are good enough, teachers should be encouraged to teach to the test. What is your view on this issue, and how do you support it?

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How reasonable is it to judge the quality of individual adult school programs based on how well their students do on standardized tests? What are some arguments used to support and oppose this practice?

5. How do conflict theorists see society, and how might their views of “good” school programming differ from those of functionalists?

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Why is it that politicians who seek election to federal office spend so much time promoting their views on educational reform when the federal government of the USA is only a minor player when it comes to financing adult and continuing education?