Chapter 10

Question 0

code of ethics

Answer 0

set of professional standards for behavior of members of a profession

Question 1

action research

Answer 1

research conducted by teachers and other school personnel to address issues and problems in their own schools or classrooms

Question 2

collaboration

Answer 2

joint communication and decision making among educational professionals to create an optimal learning environment for students and especially students with disabilities

Question 3

co-teaching

Answer 3

in co-teaching arrangements, two or more teachers teach together in the same classroom where students benefit from each teacher’s specialty (e.g., a regular and a special education teacher working with regular students and students with a specific disability such as hearing impairments)

Question 4

inclusion

Answer 4

the practice of educating all students, including those with severe and multiple disabilities, in neighborhood schools and general education classrooms

Question 5

learning communities

Answer 5

new and experienced teachers working together to pose problems, identify discrepancies between theories and practices, challenge common routines, draw on the work of others for generative frameworks, and attempt to make visible much of that which is taken for granted about learning and teaching

Question 6

lesson study

Answer 6

a form of study group in which teachers collectively design a lesson, watch each other teach that lesson, and then share in discussion of it

Question 7

mentoring

Answer 7

formal and informal relationships between a beginning teacher and an experienced teacher that are sources of information and support for the beginning teacher

Question 8

paraprofessionals

Answer 8

trained (varies from state to state) classroom aides who assist teachers; may include parents

Question 9

pedagogical content knowledge

Answer 9

knowledge about effective methods of teaching a specific content area

Question 10

pedagogical knowledge

Answer 10

knowledge about effective methods of teaching

Question 11

portfolio

Answer 11

collection of a student’s work systematically compiled over a length of time

Question 12

reflective practice

Answer 12

the process of teachers’ thinking about and analyzing their work to assess its effectiveness

Question 13

team teaching

Answer 13

teachers share the responsibility for two or more classes, dividing up the subject areas between them