問題詳情

For the approaches to research in education have been quantitative, global,sociodemographic, and dependent on large-scale comparisons of many differentschools. Terms from business predominate: input, output, accountability, managementstrategies, etc. Input factors (independent variables) are said to influence, predict, ordetermine output factors (dependent variables). Pieces of data about social groups,such as number of siblings or time of mother-child interactions in preschool dailyexperiences, are correlated with the output of students, expressed in terms of testscores, subsequent income, and continue schooling. The effects of formal instructionhave been evaluated by correlating these input factors with educational output. Froman ethnographic perspective, the irony of such research is that it ignores the social andcultural context which created the input factors for individuals and groups. Detaileddescriptions of what actually happens to children as they learn to use language andform their values about its structures and functions tell us what children do to becomeand remain acceptable members of their own communities.
46. What is the main theme of this passage?
(A) The main approach to research in education has been qualitative.
(B) School comparisons need to be global and sociodemographic.
(C) The ethnographic approach is essential to explore the social and culturalcontext of children’s language learning.
(D) The effects of formal instruction have been evaluated by correlatingthese input factors with educational output.

參考答案

答案：C
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(1),C(7),D(6),E(0)

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