Week 1 Home learning

What is necessary for teachers to accept change?

• Humility

• Knowledge

• Philosophy

• Experience

True or False: Teachers must impose their political choices on students.

• True
• False

Answer explanation

Teachers should share their political beliefs with students but not impose. According to the text tolerance is a virtue that teachers must have, that people have the right to say what they think and that teachers can open up a discourse with students about political beliefs

What does the text imply about the bureaucratic understanding of education?

• It encourages critical thinking

• It is necessary to instill discipline and order

• It challenges exisitng power structures

• It limits understanding of reading

Political events are never neutral

• True
• False

What does the text say about dialogue in education?

• It wastes time

• It is an integral process in learning that is open for everyone in the classroom

• It is only to be done as a supplementary activity

• Dialogue is reserved for the more advanced learners

Student naivety should always be ignored

• True
• False

Answer explanation

It should be accepted and challenged

What is the purpose of the three-tiered vocabulary system?

• To simplify vocabulary instruction on the easiest words in the module

• To identify tier 1 words that students must focus on

• To find which words are harder and which words are easier

• To categorize words based on context to help educators prioritize instruction

What are tier-2 words?

Answer explanation

Words that are more sophisticated and are found in the academic texts, discussions, and formal speech

How are words organized in the three tier system?

• Complexity

• Syllables

• Grade level

• Frequency

A key characteristic of a tier 3 word is that it is highly technical and subject specific

• True
• False