Introduction to Education Exam 1 Review

Of the following extrinsic rewards, which is most closely associated with teaching? 

• A competitive salary

• High status and prestige

• Power over one's subordinates and associates

• A work schedule allowing generous time for oneself

Which of the following is the best indicator that you will be satisfied teaching? 

• Listening to your parents, friends, and others who know you well communicate that teaching would be a good career for you

• Being attracted to performing an important social service

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  ​Knowing that children usually like you very much 

• Enjoying the power and influence you can have upon others

Intrinsic rewards in teaching include which of the following? 

• The close work with young people, the actual teaching, and the power

• Performing a significant social service and the flexible work schedule

• The salary, the actual teaching, and the status

• The actual teaching and satisfaction from the performance of an important social service

“Schooling” is most generally defined as a(n)…

• process of human growth that leads to greater self-control.

• formal arrangement designed so that students will achieve their creative potential.

• specific, formalized process aimed mostly at the young.

• experience over a set period of time spent in an institution.

In the model of school as a transmitter of culture, schools…

• train students to be change agents.

• emphasize specific subject-matter content.

• ensure that the young know and appreciate the dominant ideas and values of their society's culture.

• help students to critique their society's culture.

Of the following is the best definition of “education”? Education is… 

• ​technical proficiency that allows one to maneuver throughout the world. 

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  ​a continual growth process whereby a person gains greater understanding of himself or herself and the world. 

• extensive knowledge of several discrete areas that allows one to become a productive member of society.

• a formal process of instruction and learning by which one learns to read, write, compute, problem-solve, and think critically about issues.

Based on the textbook reading, what can be said about the observation of elementary classrooms? 

• The structure of the elementary classroom requires students to develop self-restraint and patience.

• Elementary classrooms are structured to fulfill the needs of every child.

• Classrooms are designed to make children resourceful with their time.

• The elementary classroom structure caters to precocious children, generally ignoring the other children's needs. 

What is the purpose of multiculturalism in schools? 

• To help assimilate students' cultures into the American “melting pot”

• To reduce prejudice, foster tolerance, and improve the academic achievement of minority students

• To support students in the maintenance and preservation of their own cultures

• To assimilate students into the “melting pot” of the United States, as well as to foster students' respect for the existence of various cultures

Which of the following is the most commonly used criterion for identifying gifted students? 

• Student consent

• Academic record

• Group intelligence test scores

• Standardized achievement test scores

Over 60 percent of all children live in homes where the only parent or both parents work. What significance does this have for teachers? 

• Over 60 percent of all children live in homes where the only parent or both parents work. What significance does this have for teachers? 

• Teachers should not try to involve parents in the school as much as they used to.

• Parents are now generally expecting teachers to monitor children much more closely than they will.

• Parents' work schedules may make participation in the school more difficult, and teachers may have difficulty contacting them.