Review for Modules 1 & 2

Chapter 1: Is Teaching Right For You? 1. State 5 required skills.

• Communication, Patience, Organization, Adaptability, Creativity

• Mathematics, Engineering, Cooking, Painting, Dancing

• Driving, Swimming, Singing, Acting, Gardening

• Programming, Marketing, Sales, Finance, Law

Chapter 1: Is Teaching Right For You? Which of the following lists describes four things teachers do?

• Plan lessons, assess students, manage classrooms, communicate with parents

• Write novels, design buildings, perform surgeries, fly airplanes

• Sell products, repair cars, cook meals, paint houses

• Grow crops, build roads, operate machinery, deliver mail

Chapter 1: Is Teaching Right For You? Name 3 places teachers work in.

• Schools, colleges, and universities

• Hospitals, banks, and factories

• Supermarkets, restaurants, and hotels

• Airports, train stations, and bus stops

Chapter 1: Is Teaching Right For You? Which of the following are career progression opportunities in teaching?

• Becoming a department head and moving into school administration

• Starting a business and working in finance

• Traveling the world and becoming a chef

• Joining a sports team and becoming a professional athlete

A teacher is defined as:

• A person who imparts knowledge or skills to students.

• A person who manages a business.

• A person who repairs vehicles.

• A person who writes novels.

The main goals of the Common School Movement and Horace Mann's role in its development were:

• To provide free, universal, non-sectarian education and promote social equality, with Horace Mann advocating for standardized schooling and teacher training.

• To establish private schools for the wealthy, with Horace Mann supporting exclusive education.

• To promote religious instruction in public schools, with Horace Mann focusing on church-based education.

• To limit education to boys only, with Horace Mann opposing education for girls.

Education in colonial America differed for boys and girls, and for wealthy vs. poor families in which of the following ways?

• Boys and wealthy children received more formal education, while girls and poor children had limited access to schooling.

• Girls and poor children received more formal education than boys and wealthy children.

• All children, regardless of gender or wealth, received the same education.

• Only boys from poor families received formal education.

Teaching became one of the first major career opportunities for women because of gender roles that shaped the profession. What was the main reason for this development?

• Teaching was considered an extension of women's nurturing roles, making it socially acceptable for women to enter the profession.

• Women were the only ones with the necessary education to teach.

• Men were legally prohibited from teaching in most states.

• Teaching required physical strength, which was associated with women.

Immigration and cultural diversity played which role in shaping the development of American schools?

• They led to the creation of more inclusive curricula and policies.

• They caused schools to become less diverse over time.

• They resulted in the elimination of public education.

• They prevented the development of any educational standards.

The growth of secondary schools (high schools, junior high, middle schools) reflected changes in society by:

• increasing access to education for a broader population

• reducing the importance of education in society

• limiting educational opportunities to only the wealthy

• decreasing the number of students attending school