EDF 1005 Broward College Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
which of the following is generally considered a positive aspect of the teaching
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profession? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the ability to influence the lives of young
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people
Alice is a teacher who has just finished her fourth year of teaching. At the end of
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that year, Alice was informed that she would be granted tenure. From this point,
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Alice can expect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-protection from arbitrary dismissal.
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In terms of professional status, many consider teaching to be - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-somewhere between a full profession and a semi profession | | | | | | | |
To demonstrate their expertise, teachers undergoing NBPTS certification must -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-demonstrate understanding of the most effective teaching
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methods.
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Unlike traditional teacher preparation programs, alternative teaching programs -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-focus on apprenticeships and on-the-job training.
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The goal of the national board for Professional Teaching Standards is to -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-assess and certify highly competent teachers.
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compared to resumes, portfolios - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-take a more creative
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approach to highlighting a candidate's skills.
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,Horace Mann helped establish the first - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-state-supported
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normal school. |
In order to stem The Exodus of new teachers from the field, more school districts
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are implementing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-more mentoring programs for new
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teachers.
Jean is a new teacher at the end of her second year. When she meets with her
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principal to discuss her performance for the year and her assignment for the
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following school year, the principal will probably rely on Jean's - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-evaluative observations. |
Helena believes that her main goal as a teacher is to transfer the knowledge and
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values that her students will need to do well when they graduate and move into
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society. She strives to have her students learn to be academically proficient and
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to instill her students with values such as respect, diligence, and practicality.
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Based on what you have learned Helena would rely on - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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teacher-centered philosophies |
An essentialist would argue that essentialism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is an
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effective way to help develop a common culture among Americans.
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As a teacher, Richard wants his students to develop rational thought and think
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rigorously. He feels that he should prepare his brightest students for future
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leadership and responsibility, and he wants to prepare his other students to be
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good at whatever jobs they do after graduation. For his college-bound students,
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he urges them to choose liberal arts schools that allow students to pursue truth,
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, beauty, and wisdom as opposed to "simply getting a piece of paper that leads to
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a job." Based on what you have learned, Richard's views represent - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-perennialism.
Progressivism's foremost educational advocate was - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-John
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Dewey.
Jeanne has a very simple principle when it comes to his job: To see if an idea has
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merit, test it. If it works, then it has the potential to be a good idea. Jeanne
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appears to embrace - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-pragmatism.
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If you were to walk into a progressivist classroom, you would find teachers -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-acting as facilitators for their students.
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Social reconstructionists - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-split with progressivists over the
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slow pace of change in schools.
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Unlike existentialists, ________ believe that free will is an illusion and that human
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nature is shaped by the environment. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-behaviorists.
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The use of a system of positive reinforcement to encourage desired behavior is
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based on - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-behaviorism.
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A key aspect of teaching in a constructivist classroom is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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understanding each student's prior knowledge and understanding.
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Questions With Correct Answers
which of the following is generally considered a positive aspect of the teaching
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
profession? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the ability to influence the lives of young
| | | | | | | | | | |
people
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 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-protection from arbitrary dismissal.
| | | | | | | |
In terms of professional status, many consider teaching to be - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-somewhere between a full profession and a semi profession | | | | | | | |
To demonstrate their expertise, teachers undergoing NBPTS certification must -
| | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-demonstrate understanding of the most effective teaching
| | | | | | |
methods.
|
Unlike traditional teacher preparation programs, alternative teaching programs -
| | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-focus on apprenticeships and on-the-job training.
| | | | | |
The goal of the national board for Professional Teaching Standards is to -
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-assess and certify highly competent teachers.
| | | | | |
compared to resumes, portfolios - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-take a more creative
| | | | | | | | | |
approach to highlighting a candidate's skills.
| | | | |
,Horace Mann helped establish the first - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-state-supported
| | | | | | | | |
normal school. |
In order to stem The Exodus of new teachers from the field, more school districts
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
are implementing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-more mentoring programs for new
| | | | | | | | |
teachers.
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 - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-evaluative observations. |
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 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | | | |
teacher-centered philosophies |
An essentialist would argue that essentialism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is an
| | | | | | | | | |
effective way to help develop a common culture among Americans.
| | | | | | | | |
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 - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-perennialism.
Progressivism's foremost educational advocate was - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-John
| | | | | | | |
Dewey.
Jeanne has a very simple principle when it comes to his job: To see if an idea has
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
merit, test it. If it works, then it has the potential to be a good idea. Jeanne
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
appears to embrace - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-pragmatism.
| | | | |
If you were to walk into a progressivist classroom, you would find teachers -
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-acting as facilitators for their students.
| | | | | |
Social reconstructionists - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-split with progressivists over the
| | | | | | | |
slow pace of change in schools.
| | | | | |
Unlike existentialists, ________ believe that free will is an illusion and that human
| | | | | | | | | | | |
nature is shaped by the environment. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-behaviorists.
| | | | | | | | |
The use of a system of positive reinforcement to encourage desired behavior is
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
based on - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-behaviorism.
| | | |
A key aspect of teaching in a constructivist classroom is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | | | |
understanding each student's prior knowledge and understanding.
| | | | | |
