Biography and History Shapes Educational ExperiencesIn this exercise, you will look at how your educational experience is shaped by the time in which you live and your personal biography.The fundamental insight of the sociological imagination is that an individual's reality is the product of the intersection of biography and history. Take a few moments to consider how your own experience and understanding of education are shaped by the intersection of your individual biography with the historical moment in which you live and answer the following questions:List three to five specific things related to schooling and your education that you think are different for you than they were for your parents or grandparents.
What will be an ideal response?
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A. offshoring B. insourcing C. telecommuting D. gentrification E. conglomeration
Healing practices inconsistent with dominant medical practice is known as: a. alternative medicine. b. conventional medicine
c. holistic medicine. d. preventive medicine.
Which of these is not true of real (as opposed to ideal) cultural patterns?
a. Real cultural patterns are often passed down from generation to generation. b. Real cultural patterns may be denied because they conflict with cultural ideals. c. Real cultural patterns are a part of all cultures. d. Real cultural patterns describe how members of a society act. e. Real culture refers to the guidelines publicly embraced by members of a society.
The campus culture of "hooking up" involves sexual relationships between partners who
a. know little about each other. b. are dating. c. desire long-term relationships with each other. d. are both content with these encounters.