EDF1005

Which of the following is generally considered a positive aspect of the teaching profession?

Alice is a teacher who has just finished her fourth year of teaching. At the end of that year, Alice was informed that she would be granted tenure. From this point, Alice can expect

Normal schools were important because they

To demonstrate their expertise, teachers undergoing NBPTS certification must

Unlike traditional teacher preparation programs, alternative teaching programs

The goal of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is to

Horace Mann helped establish the first

Jean is a new teacher at the end of her second year. When she meets with her principal to discuss her performance for the year and her assignment for the following school year, the principal will probably rely on Jean's

When teachers initially enter the classroom environment, their primary focus tends to be

Compared to resumes, portfolios

Helena believes that her main goal as a teacher is to transfer the knowledge and values that her students will need to do well when they graduate and move into society. She strives to have her students learn to be academically proficient and to instill her students with values such as respect, diligence, and practicality. Based on what you have learned, Helena would rely on

An essentialist would argue that essentialism

As a teacher, Richard wants his students to develop rational thought and think rigorously. He feels that he should prepare his brightest students for future leadership and responsibility, and he wants to prepare his other students to be good at whatever jobs they do after graduation. For his college-bound students, he urges them to choose liberal arts schools that allow students to pursue truth, beauty, and wisdom as opposed to "simply getting a piece of paper that leads to a job." Based on what you have learned, Richard's views represent

Progressivism's foremost educational advocate was

John Dewey founded a famous experimental school to test his ideas. That school was

If you were to walk into a progressivist classroom, you would find teachers

Unlike existentialists, ________ believe that free will is an illusion and that human nature is shaped by the environment.

The use of a system of positive reinforcement to encourage desired behavior is based on

The Socratic method involves

A key aspect of teaching in a constructivist classroom is

Education became a state responsibility through the

Which of the following BEST describes the influence of the federal government on education?

The name most closely associated with progressive education is

The decision outlawing racial segregation in schools was

The name most closely associated with the common school movement is

In early colonial times, education was aimed at

Benjamin Franklin's Academy upheld all of the following principles regarding education EXCEPT that

Which one of the following features of U.S. education today CANNOT be traced to colonial times?

The "Old Deluder Satan Law" of 1647 required that

The common school movement represented

Local communities raise most of their educational revenues through

Which of the following best describes the system of funding U.S. schools?

In the last fifty years or so, state funding for schools

What was the importance of Edgewood v. Kirby?

Which of the following declared education a fundamental right under California state law and led to a wave of reform in state funding of schools?

An "adequate education"

State governments typically do NOT

The bond method of financing

How much of the cost of public education does the federal government typically fund?

What are the biggest sources of state funding for schools?

In San Antonio v. Rodriguez, the Supreme Court decided that

State constitutions guarantee the right to an "adequate education" including all the following characteristics EXCEPT

What does Education Secretary Arne Duncan's "Race to the Top" competition set aside funding for?

under the American Recovery and Revitalization Act, a failing school that is "reconstituted" would

A call for accountability in schools means that people want

Individual states retain responsibility for education due to the

The chief state school officer manages

Local school board members tend to be

A school superintendent

The influence of the business community in America's schools can best be characterized as

It is illegal for prospective employers to question an applicant's

Which statement best describes the use of corporal punishment in U.S. education?

School teachers who participate in strikes

A teacher who suspects a child is the victim of child abuse

The principle of spontaneity can protect a teacher who uses a published work as a teaching tool if

When a teacher's private life is called into question by the courts, a governing principle that determines whether or not the teacher may be dismissed is often

The principle protecting a teacher's right to teach without coercion, censorship, or other restrictive interference

A child who is expelled for bringing nail clippers to school is probably feeling the consequence of

The Buckley Amendment ensures the rights of ________ to access educational records

A teacher being fired for creating timely lesson plans about ethnic and religious differences would most likely be able to regain his or her job based on

The sequence of planned learning experiences described in course guides and syllabi is called

A major difference between the formal and the hidden curriculum is

The formal curriculum of the 17th century was primarily concerned with

The strong emphasis on the basics and academics during the 1980s was due to

Teachers shape the curriculum by

Advantages of the statewide textbook adoption process include all of the following benefits EXCEPT

Proposed content standards were quite controversial in which content area?

Standardized testing has been criticized for

One of the criticisms of the textbook industry is the tendency to include a great deal of content in a superficial way. This is known as

Which of the following statements about the extracurriculum is FALSE?

Sternberg describes gifted and talented students as

Which principle of special education implies that children have the right to an education involving accurate diagnosis of individual needs?

Learning styles are affected by the ________ abilities of the students.

The case against segregating children with disabilities was made in part because of the findings of

Learning styles can best be characterized as

Which of the following has NOT been given as a reason for single-sex schools?

Research shows that the gifted

How might you characterize the changing understanding of intelligence?

The Lab School of Washington builds its curriculum around

Which form of special need has increased tenfold in only two decades?

Philip Jackson calls teachers gatekeepers because

"Soft bias" refers to

Research indicates that because of noninstructional demands (discipline problems, attendance, etc.) teachers lose what percentage of instructional time?

To avoid the stigma of the label "tracking," which of the following terms is being used by schools for the system by which students are assigned to a position within an academic range or level?

John Goodlad found that teachers

Which of the following claims about tracking is supported by research?

In Life in Classrooms, Philip Jackson characterizes school life as

Which of the following is true of today's families in the U.S.?

Which of the following statements is true?

Latchkey children

Who was John Goodlad?

When students, parents, and teachers were asked to rate school goals in a study,

Educators such as Arthur Bestor and Ernest Boyer have concluded that

Immediately after the release of A Nation at Risk, most school reformers focused on

In a 1918 school reform study by the NEA Committee of Ten, members focused on

The neighborhood public school is

Charter schools typically enjoy

What principle do Educational Maintenance Organizations follow?

In Lemon v. Kurtzman, the Supreme Court established criteria to

All of the following are goal areas in John Goodlad's definition of the purpose of school EXCEPT to

Engaged time is

One downside of computers is

In order to promote more efficient use of classroom time, classroom rules should b

Teachers who demonstrate "withitness" are

Group alerting is a technique designed to

Arno Bellack's pedagogical cycle features these "moves":

The amount of time a teacher typically waits to call on a student after asking a question is

The most frequent teacher reaction is

Direct teaching is

How does differentiated instruction organize instructional activities?