Examining the Teaching Profession

Education can best be described as

• a process of human growth that lead to greater self-control

• an informal arrangement made for the benefit of students of all ages

• an experience over a set period f time spend in an institution

• a specific, formalized process of learning

Following a person on a job for a few hours a day or longer to experience a person’s typical day involves to gain insight on the daily task is

• certified teacher

• cooperating teacher

• job shadowing

• student teaching

An effective portfolio should

• Be done at once, prior to the job interview

• Be similar to that of your classmates

• Minimize your accomplishments

• Reflect your uniqueness

Developing a philosophy of education

• Helps you think seriously about your values and beliefs.

• Is not necessary until you begin interviewing for a teaching position

• Is very east to do

• Should not change on the basis of your experiences

Specialized programs within high schools that help students to explore the teaching profession through classes, observations, and hands-on experience

• cooperative education programs

• teaching academies

• teacher education programs

• work based learning programs

An experienced teacher who supervises and mentors a student teacher

• career teacher

• cooperating teacher

• substitute teacher

• student teacher

Most school districts divide older preteens and young teens into their own schools due to

• development stages

• height and weight

• parental concerns

• societal pressures

The steps to gaining teacher certification include all of the following except

• earning a bachelor's degree

• completing an approved teacher certification program

• completing student teaching

• pledging a social organization

The court decision ruling that racial segregation of schools was unconstitutional is

• Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

• Civil Rights Acts of 1964

• Education for All Handicapped Children Act

• Equal Opportunity in Education Act

The Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890 provided for the establishment of

• multicultural education in the public schools of the north

• the common school in the New England colonies

• land grant colleges if they did not discriminate in admission

• segregated but equal schools in the southern states