When students, parents, and teachers were asked to rate goals of schooling in a study by
John Goodlad:
A.all of them rated social and civic goals as most important.
B.students and parents rated personal goals highest; teachers rated academic goals
highest.
C.vocational, personal, academic, social, and civic goals were all rated “very
important.”
D.students gave the highest rating to goals in the intellectual area.
Identify an accurate statement in reference to teaching during the early 1900s.
A.Teachers began to receive good salaries.
B.Teaching was becoming an increasingly female occupation.
C.Both female workers and teaching were held in high regard.
D.Professional teacher training gained wider acceptance.
Which of the following was an outcome of the San Antonio v. Rodriguez (1973)ruling
of the Supreme Court?
A.The court stated that educational funding through the property tax was a highly
effective system.
B.The court declared education as a fundamental right under the U.S. Constitution.
C.The court declared that it will change the way education systems in the U.S. were
funded.
D.The court stated that preserving local control was a legitimate reason to use the
property tax system.
In the context of how teachers are prepared today, there is:
A.a consensus that traditional teacher preparation programs are most effective.
B.a consensus that alternative teacher preparation programs are most effective.
C.no alternative teacher preparation program that is better than traditional programs.
D.no consensus on how to best prepare teachers.
Full-service schools:
A.have become increasingly common.
B.have been strongly opposed by educator and community advocate, Geoffrey Canada.
C.remain open most of the day and 11 months a year.
D.are parochial schools that emphasize religious instruction.
After having attended a workshop on problem-based learning, you decide to try it
out.You realize that a key teacher role in this approach is to:
A.prepare a lecture that highlights the key points of a problem, so students can see the
direction you want them to take.
B.identify activities that fuel a student’s interest.
C.focus on developing cultural awareness and ethnic differences.
D.identify that most real problems are bound by a single subject field.
On the subject of teaching creationism, evolution, or intelligent design in schools, a
large segment of the public feels that:
A.evolution should be taught in schools as the best and most rational explanation of
origin of life.
B.intelligent design is the best compromise and should be taught in schools, evolution
should be considered merely as a theory, not fact.
C.the teaching of creationism should supersede all other theories about the origin of
life.
D.students should be exposed to competing theories in schools.
Participation in the extracurricular activities has been connected with:
A.higher instances of null curriculum.
B.lower grades.
C.higher student self-esteem.
D.weak race relations.
Pavel is a new teacher in an inner-city school in Boston. To prepare for teaching, Pavel
commits to teach for at least five years. Then, he spends his first year observing and
working with Dava, a master teacher, while taking coursework. Only during his second
year he will be allowed to teach students of his own, under Dava’s supervision. Based
on this description, Pavel is part of _____.
A.a teaching residency program.
B.a traditional teaching education program.
C.the Teach for America program.
D.a guild-based apprenticeship program.
Which of the following statements is true about educational practices in the West?
A.In Western society, formal schools, formal certification and degrees are valued.
B.Oral traditions enjoy particular prominence in the West.
C.In Western society, the child’s education is primarily a concern of the family.
D.The notion of teachers and nonteachers is foreign in the West.
_____ asserts that the purpose of education is to help children find the meaning and
direction in their lives, and it rejects the notion that adults should or could direct
meaningful learning for children.
A.Perennialism
B.Essentialism
C.Existentialism
D.Behaviorism
In the context of classroom behavior management, a teacher who is a good behavioral
manager should:
A.give freedom to the students to leave the room without permission or go to the pencil
sharpener at any time, so as to become popular among students.
B.enter the classroom late to allow the students to make noise and chat for a while.
C.teach standards or norms of student behavior actively and directly.
D.avoid posting rigid rules of classroom behavior and the consequences of not
following them.
Alyssa was a senior at Local High School (LHS). Although she was a brilliant student,
Alyssa had a mischievous streak that frequently landed her in the principal’s office. In
order to get into the college that she wanted to, she needed a recommendation letter
from her counselor, Mr. Todd. On the day that she went to see him to ask for the letter,
he told her to close the door. “Ever since you came here as a freshman, I’ve had my eye
on you. It’s amazing just how pretty you’ve become. I’ll be glad to discuss your letter
over dinner at my apartment, around eight tonight. Be sure to wear something really
pretty. And let’s keep our little date to ourselves. After all, we wouldn’t want something
to happen to that letter, would we”? Based on the dialogue, Alyssa is experiencing:
A.quid pro quo sexual harassment.
B.hostile environment sexual harassment.
C.inadmissible sexual harassment.
D.procedural sexual harassment.
At a recent school board meeting, a group of parents spoke out on the issue of the poor
quality of the district’s schools. They demanded the formation of charter schools that
emphasized a rigorous, traditional curriculum and teacher-centered classrooms. These
parents most closely resemble:
A.zealots.
B.reformers.
C.entrepreneurs.
D.ideologues.
A child who is expelled for bringing a penknife to school is probably feeling the
consequence of:
A.corporal punishment.
B.a zero-tolerance policy.
C.the Buckley Amendment.
D.nonfeasance.
Which of the following is true regarding working women in the U.S.?
A.Women only comprise of 20 percent of all U.S. workers.
B.The majority of working mothers are not the breadwinners in their families.
C.The majority of women with children under 17 stay at home.
D.Women still do not receive the same pay as men do.
Which statement is true regarding voucher programs?
A.Voucher programs have been opposed by the business sector.
B.In the Zelman v. Simmons-Harris case, a Supreme Court majority ruled that voucher
programs were unconstitutional.
C.Voucher programs have been less effective than expected and their impact sounds
better in theory than it is in fact.
D.Voucher programs have been sanctioned for students to attend nonsectarian private
schools.
_____ examines the nature and the origin of human knowledge.
A.Metaphysics
B.Aesthetics
C.Epistemology
D.Anthropology
In funding schools, urban areas struggle the most, suffering not only from lower
property values but also from the need to use those limited resources to fund more
police officers, hospitals, subways, and other services than their suburban counterparts.
This phenomenon is known as _____.
A.urban overload
B.municipal overburden
C.economic stability
D.urban overreach
School teachers who participate in strikes are:
A.not legally entitled to do so, even for matters of larger public interest.
B.usually prosecuted or penalized, as organized strikes are against the law.
C.prohibited from doing so in over 30 states, but are rarely prosecuted or penalized.
D.prohibited from doing so in all states; they can be severely penalized for it.
Being _____ refers to a person’s innate identity of being somewhere in between male
and female.
A.transracial
B.bisexual
C.homosexual
D.transgender
Identify an accurate statement about emotional intelligence.
A.It is the regulation of emotion in a way that enhances living.
B.It refers to free uninhibited emotional expression that enhances living.
C.There is no correlation between regulation of emotions and test scores.
D.A single emotional intelligence quotient (EQ) score can capture the entire range of
abilities and skills.
In the first step of the pedagogical cycle, a teacher:
A.asks questions.
B.provides feedback.
C.introduces the topics.
D.addresses questions.
_____ asserts that knowledge cannot be handed from one person to another (from a
teacher to a learner) but must be constructed by each learner through interpreting and
reinterpreting a constant flow of information.
A.Behaviorism
B.Perennialism
C.Essentialism
D.Constructivism
Han, an Asian student in elementary school, speaks very little English. Although Han is
a bright student, he struggles in class as all instructions are in English. His teacher
makes no effort to modify the instruction to help Han keep up with the class. Han’s
experience most closely reflects the _____ approach to education.
A.cultural immersion
B.language transitional
C.language submersion
D.cultural maintenance
Some studies on school size have determined that:
A.students in smaller schools are more likely to resort to violence.
B.larger schools are more effective than smaller schools because they have better
resources and students learn more.
C.larger schools are more effective than smaller schools because their students routinely
outperform their peers in smaller schools.
D.students in smaller schools are more likely to pass their courses, and to attend
college.
In early colonial times, some women began to devote their time to teaching, converting
their homes into schools. These women taught reading, writing, and computation, and
their homes became known as _____.
A.public schools
B.dame schools
C.charter schools
D.common schools
Catelina, a young Hispanic girl, has brown skin, thick hair, and dark eyes just like her
cousins. These features reflect Catelina’s _____.
A.race
B.culture
C.ethnicity
D.religion
As a student in college, Luisa was shocked at some of the things she was learning in her
Survey of American History course. Although she had studied American history before,
her teachers had completely omitted many of the things that she was learning for the
first time. Luisa’s experiences most closely reflect the effects of:
A.the hidden curriculum.
B.the rhetorical curriculum.
C.the null curriculum.
D.the saber-tooth curriculum.
_____ promoted the doctrine of the Golden Mean, or the notion that virtue lies in a
middle ground between two extremes.
A.Aristotle
B.Plato
C.Socrates
D.Herodotus
Why have many courts rejected educational malpractice lawsuits?
A.Only malfeasance or misfeasance on the part of school personnel can be tried in
court.
B.It is the responsibility of schools to make every student learn, but students are unable
to provide adequate proof of malpractice.
C.Many factors affect learning and the school system cannot be solely blamed for
failure to learn.
D.Not all schools have the resources to provide an “adequate education.”
Inresponse to an informal complaint, a school librarian quietly removes a book from the
library shelf and pretends that the book is out of stock. This is an example of:
A.state censorship.
B.standard censorship.
C.fair censorship.
D.self-censorship.
How might followers of constructivist philosophy criticize the essentialist and
perennialist teaching philosophies? What does this say about a constructivist’s view
toward the nature of passing on knowledge?
Answer:
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What are some of the questions that influence the formation of educational
philosophies? What are some other factors that may also influence educational
philosophies? Be sure to provide appropriate examples in your answer.
What are the five educational philosophies presented in this chapter? Discuss the
potential strengths and weaknesses of each of these philosophies. Be sure to provide
examples to support your arguments.
Answer:
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What are some of the challenges that educators face using assistive education with
students? As an educator, what sort of strategies and approaches would you adopt so
that students who needed adaptive technology could get the most benefit without the
disadvantages that concern critics? Be sure to include specific examples to support your
analysis.
Answer:
Answers will vary.
How did teaching become a “gendered” career?How were the first women who became
teachers in regular school setting viewed? Why did school districts prefer hiring
unmarried women as teachers in the late nineteenth and early part of the twentieth
century? How were these teachers perceived by the American society?
Describe some of the steps a school can take to “go green” and the effects that may
have on the environment, the staff, and students.
Answer:
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Who should bear the major responsibility for financing America’s schools: local, state,
or federal government? Discuss the division of financial responsibility you favor and
how each area should raise its revenues.
Answer:
Answers will vary.
“As a teacher and as a citizen, working to eliminate social and economic injustice is as
important to academic success as anything done in the classroom.” Imagine that you are
a teacher in a grade and subject of your choice. How would you help your students
work toward eliminating social and economic injustice?
Answer:
Answers will vary.
How can students become involved in educational reform? How might your feelings
about school reform as a student differ from your perspective as a teacher? Do you
think engaging students in reflecting on the purposes and design of their own
educational options would help them or hinder them in their studies? Explain.
In America, who are “the keepers of the culture and creators of the curriculum” that
decide what will be taught and what will be omitted? What do you think drives their
decisions? What sort of cultural messages do these choices send?
Answer:
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Perennialists lament the change in universities from places where a few gifted students
rigorously pursued the truth for its own sake to a glorified training ground for future
careers. To what extent do you agree with the perennialists regarding what has
happened to universities? To what extent do you disagree with same? Be sure to provide
specific examples to support your arguments.
Answer:
Answers will vary.
Frequently, schools conduct random searches of lockers, cars, classrooms, and even
strip- search students in the name of school safety. Do you think that there are better
ways for schools to guarantee school safety, but still respect student privacy? Be sure to
use specific examples in your discussion.
The concept of tenure is often a controversial one in education circles. What is tenure?
Do you feel that school districts should maintain tenure for teachers or should they
eliminate tenure entirely? Be sure to support your arguments with analysis and
examples where appropriate.
Answer:
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In the text, the authors discuss both traditional and alternative methods of teacher
preparation. Based on what you have learned, do you favor the traditional approaches to
teacher education or do you think that the alternative programs are more effective? Be
sure to support your arguments with specific examples and analysis.
Answer:
Answers will vary.
Some teachers feel disheartened because some education reformers seem to hold them
responsible for the perceived shortcomings of U.S. schools. Based on what you have
learned, are such accusations accurate? Why or why not? Be sure to support your
arguments with analysis and specific examples.
Answer:
Answers will vary.