EDUC Exam 1 (Correct answers)
Students below the poverty line: correct answers 13 million students, 21% of all students in the US,
highest rate among industrialized countries
High school dropouts: correct answers Students living below the poverty line are 5 times more likely to
drop out of high school than their middle and high income classmates.
High school dropouts: correct answers Personal cost: MEN- 366,000 WOMEN- 236,000
Social cost: 1.4 Bilion
What are the key beliefs of Puritans? correct answers Predestination, strict obedience to the law of the
Lord, Moderation, set apart, Sabbath, spontaneous prayer
Henry Barnard correct answers Textbook and building inspections, bell schedule, parent-teacher
partnerships, institute for teacher training, american educational research journal
Amendment XIII correct answers Slavery is abolished in 1865
Amendment XIV correct answers African Americans granted citizenship in 1868
Amendment XV correct answers African Americans given right to vote in 1869
What is a philosophy? correct answers Its literal Greek translation is "love of wisdom"
What is educational philosophy? correct answers A set of beliefs that explain what it means to be
educated, the role of teachers and students in this process, and the most important educational activities
we should spend our time doing
What are the five branches of philosophy? correct answers Metaphysics, Epistemology, Ethics, Politics,
Esthetics
, Metaphysics correct answers The study of existence: What is real? What is the purpose of life? What does
it mean to be educated?
Epistemology correct answers They study of acquiring knowledge: What is knowledge? How do we come
to know something? How can students be led to truly know something?
Ethics correct answers The study of the proper course of action: What is the right thing to do? What
should an educated person value?
Politics correct answers The study of establishing and behaving within society: How should an educated
system be set up?
Esthetics correct answers The study of the purpose of art in human existence: What is the role of art in a
person's education?
Effective teaching frameworks correct answers Knowledge, skill, compassion, wisdom
Knowledge correct answers What does a teacher need to know? Content, development, theory
Skill correct answers What does a teacher need to know how to do?
Models of instruction, Classroom management (discipline, motivation), Assessment, questioning,
Planning (record keeping and organization
Compassion correct answers What kind of person should a teacher be?
Attitudes, beliefs, empathy, boundaries
Positive attitudes towards: towards yourself, toward children, towards peers and adults, towards learning
Wisdom correct answers How does a teacher continue to improve?
Reflect, seek feedback, make small changes overtime
Correlation correct answers A statistical measurement of the relationship between two variables
Correlations can be positive or negative
Students below the poverty line: correct answers 13 million students, 21% of all students in the US,
highest rate among industrialized countries
High school dropouts: correct answers Students living below the poverty line are 5 times more likely to
drop out of high school than their middle and high income classmates.
High school dropouts: correct answers Personal cost: MEN- 366,000 WOMEN- 236,000
Social cost: 1.4 Bilion
What are the key beliefs of Puritans? correct answers Predestination, strict obedience to the law of the
Lord, Moderation, set apart, Sabbath, spontaneous prayer
Henry Barnard correct answers Textbook and building inspections, bell schedule, parent-teacher
partnerships, institute for teacher training, american educational research journal
Amendment XIII correct answers Slavery is abolished in 1865
Amendment XIV correct answers African Americans granted citizenship in 1868
Amendment XV correct answers African Americans given right to vote in 1869
What is a philosophy? correct answers Its literal Greek translation is "love of wisdom"
What is educational philosophy? correct answers A set of beliefs that explain what it means to be
educated, the role of teachers and students in this process, and the most important educational activities
we should spend our time doing
What are the five branches of philosophy? correct answers Metaphysics, Epistemology, Ethics, Politics,
Esthetics
, Metaphysics correct answers The study of existence: What is real? What is the purpose of life? What does
it mean to be educated?
Epistemology correct answers They study of acquiring knowledge: What is knowledge? How do we come
to know something? How can students be led to truly know something?
Ethics correct answers The study of the proper course of action: What is the right thing to do? What
should an educated person value?
Politics correct answers The study of establishing and behaving within society: How should an educated
system be set up?
Esthetics correct answers The study of the purpose of art in human existence: What is the role of art in a
person's education?
Effective teaching frameworks correct answers Knowledge, skill, compassion, wisdom
Knowledge correct answers What does a teacher need to know? Content, development, theory
Skill correct answers What does a teacher need to know how to do?
Models of instruction, Classroom management (discipline, motivation), Assessment, questioning,
Planning (record keeping and organization
Compassion correct answers What kind of person should a teacher be?
Attitudes, beliefs, empathy, boundaries
Positive attitudes towards: towards yourself, toward children, towards peers and adults, towards learning
Wisdom correct answers How does a teacher continue to improve?
Reflect, seek feedback, make small changes overtime
Correlation correct answers A statistical measurement of the relationship between two variables
Correlations can be positive or negative
