Readiness Quiz Flashcards
Tran is considering how to approach his first year of teaching. Which of the following dispositions is most likely to lead to a successful career in education for him?
demonstrating enthusiasm for the discipline he teaches
Maria teaches in an urban school district. Like numerous other teachers, she prefers teaching in a large city because
it is challenging and therefore, more rewarding
Professional standards boards have been established in a number of states. These boards are characteristically controlled by
members of the profession
Ronald Drake teaches social studies. He has always enjoyed teachng a unit on the Native Americans who inhabited the area prior to European settlement. One of the assignments that he requires of his students is to conduct research and complete a diorama even though they seem to now the academic content associated with it. Which of the following actions by the teacher reflects a disposition that is more likely to result in better work by the students?
He allows the students to demonstrate what they have learned in a mode of communication of their own choosing.
Erika is about to coplete her student teaching assignment and will be eligible for certification in the state where she is attending school. She has received an offer of employment from another state and is wondering about licensure requirements. She asks several friends and receives conflicting information. Which course of action should Erika take?
She should contact the state directly to check on licensure requirements in that state.
The earliest known roots of the humanist movement are found in the writings of
Quintilian
One of the major reasons that Martin Luther believed that education for the common person was a goal that should be vigorously pursued was because he believed that people needed to be able to
read and understand the Bible for themselves.
Alex MacFie is a first-year teacher at Sycamore Grove Elementary School. He has asked for an opportunity to teach in the early primary grades because he accepts the philosophical views of John Locke. Alex thinks that he will be able to make more of an impact on students in those years since he believes Locke’s teaching that
all children are born with a mind that is a blank slate
Johann Friedrich Herbart stressed an approach to learning by apperception (association) that became known as the first five steps of the Herbartian teaching method. A teacher using this method would develop a lessonplan that included the steps in the following order
preparation, presentation, association, generalization, application
The major contribution of Prudence Crandall was that she
admitted young African American girls to her school
The African American activism movement along with the women’s rights movement and eventually, many other groups influenced the development of
equal educational opportunity
The Committee of Ten made recommendations that were intended to organize high schools so that they could
serve as preparation for college admission
The Committee of Ten recommendations that were intended to organize high schools so that they could
serve as preparation for college admission
The focus of the analysis of teaching has changed
from studies of teacher characteristics and teaching styles to analyses of what actually occurs in the classroom.
Guy Laframboise has designed a lesson in which students are to make an outline of the basic components of a complex task and learn them before putting them together. Guy is applying the educational theories of
Jerome Bruner
Behaviorist teaching strategies are based on the work of
B.F. Skiner
The most important component of prophetic logic is
hope
The thinking of Immanuel Kant and Jane Roland Martin indicate that they accepted
idealism
Armin Kailweit believes that the ultimate goal for his teaching should be to advance the rationality of his students. He teaches by requiring them to study his subject as organized bodies of knowledge and by assisting them to develop the skill of reasoning critically through observation and experimentation. He continues to take courses so that he will be able to demonstrate relationships among all fields of knowledge. Armin’s philosophy is rooted in
pragmatism
An educator who accepts pragmatism as a philosophy believes all the following
- the universe is dynamic, evolving, and in a state of becoming.
- truth is absolute and unchanging
- students learn best through experience
Elizabeth is a third grade teacher at Spirit Rock Middle School. The school has a very high percentage of Native North American students and Elizabeth and Elizabeth wants to design an authentic assessment that would be meaningful to them. With this goal in mind, Elizabeth would have the best chance of success if she were to build the assessment around
nature and the environment
Many politicians and members of the public insist that teachers should be held accountable for academic success of their students. Those who hold this belief would accept which of the following educational theories?
essentialism
