Discussion Questions

  1. Did you see the “hidden curriculum” at work in your schools? How?
  2. What do you think is the difference between earning your degree at a traditional school compared to an online school?
  3. Has technology like the Internet and smartphones made students smarter or dumber? Do things like spell check and autocorrect help students or hurt them in their education?
  4. Compare the structural/functional, conflict/critical, and inter/actionist approaches to education. Which do you thing does the best job of explaining education as a social institution? Why?
  5. In what ways have students become consumers of education? Has this helped or hindered the education process? How?
  6. In what ways is student debt a social problem?