201 Chapter 4

1) Having a clear educational philosophy can help teachers to ________.

• A. navigate the politics of working with parents

• B. adequately prepare for promotions

• C. make appropriate decisions in the middle of a lesson

• D. determine when a student should be punished

2) An understanding of philosophy of education is important for all of the following reasons except ________.

• A. to help your interviewing skills when pursuing a position

• B. to help you decipher complex political forces affecting schools

• C. to help you better evaluate proposals for school change

• D. to help you enhance your professionalism in teaching

3) When Dewey refers to the general theory of education, he is referencing ________.

• A. the philosophy of education

• B. the theory of learning

• C. the process of constructivist teaching

• D. the progressive educational system

4) Philosophy is concerned with ________.

• A. learning about the teachings of famous philosophers

• B. identifying the basic truths about being, knowledge, and conduct

• C. understanding societal behaviors and causation

• D. processing the teachings of the past

5) What teachers believe about students is based on ________.

• A. school district policies

• B. the views of teaching peers

• C. their views of their own children

• D. their unique life experiences

6) Students who spend a great deal of time learning by rote memorization likely have a teacher who views knowledge as ________.

• A. universally interconnected

• B. of little real consequence to learners

• C. the sum total of small bits of subject matter

• D. most valuable when constructed by students

7) The transmission of knowledge refers to all of the following except ________.

• A. to guide student practice

• B. to aid in the development of student skills

• C. to assist as students put their skills to use

• D. to test the cognitive ability of students

8) ________ thinking can lead a teacher to have lower expectations for students from cultural backgrounds that differ from the more affluent dominant culture.

• A. Constructivist

• B. Transmission

• C. Deficit

• D. Social

9) The transmission view of teaching includes all of the following except ________.

• A. students learn through basic skills mastery

• B. students learn by mastering reading, writing, and math

• C. students learn by applying thinking to projects

• D. students learn by structured, whole-group instruction

10) A constructivist teacher would expect all of the following learnings from students except ________.

• A. learning how to reason

• B. learning how to communicate effectively

• C. learning how to solve problems

• D. learning how to ready themselves for work