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Examining the Teaching Profession 1st Semester Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following would not be a personality characteristic for an effective teacher to have?
a)
Caring
b)
Kindness
c)
Intolerance
d)
Commitment 
2.
Refers to an arrangement in which the same teacher and group of students remain in one classroom for most of the day, with one teacher teaching most or all subjects.
a)
self-contained classrooms
b)
collaborative learning
c)
curriculum
d)
nonsectarian
3.
Learning that takes place when students work in groups to discuss and solve problems together.
a)
self-contained classrooms
b)
curriculum
c)
nonsectarian
d)
collaborative learning
4.
The courses taught in a school, what is taught in each course, and how the courses are sequenced.
a)
curriculum
b)
nonsectarian
c)
self-contained classrooms
d)
collaborative learning
5.

Many professions require their members to earn some type of license or ____________________________ in order to practice the profession. For example, hairdressers and lawyers must be licensed as well as doctors. Teachers in the state of Georgia must be certified.

a)

certification

b)

resume

c)

perks

d)

portfolio

6.

"Father of Public Education" He established the first public normal school in 1839.

a)

Anne Hutchinson

b)

Roger Sherman

c)

Rev. Samuel Hall

d)

Horace Mann

7.

Historically, the first American institution devoted exclusively to teacher training . . . 2 year program.

a)

university

b)

normal schools

c)

college

d)

teacher residency

8.

Which of the following could be the reason for the teacher’s suspension from the practice of the teaching profession?

a)

Immoral, unprofessional or dishonorable conduct

b)

Observing proper procedures in obtaining a certificate of registration

c)

Faithfulness to the code of ethical and professional standards for professional teachers

d)

Willingness to attend seminars, workshops, conferences and the like or the continuing education program prescribed by the Board and the Commission

9.
a part of the education amendments of 1972, ________ protected individual from discrimination based on gender.
a)
title IV
b)
title X
c)
title XI
d)
title IX
10.
Horace mann was one of the implementers of...
a)
insurance plans for teachers
b)
professional development
c)
public school development
d)
curriculum planning
11.
the desegregation of public schools, which took place in 1954, was a landmark case known as..
a)
the civil rights movement
b)
brown v. board of education
c)
plessy v. Ferguson
d)
equal protection clause
12.

The Plessy decision of "Separate but Equal" was not overturned until what famous case decided by the Supreme Court?

a)

Worcester v. Georgia

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

Dred Scott

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

13.
Which of the following is NOT one of the five philosophies?
a)
Progressivism
b)
Existentialism
c)
Careerism
d)
Social Reconstructionism
14.
_______________ emphasizes the importance of transferring knowledge, information, and skills from the older (wiser) generation to the younger one
a)
student centered philosophy
b)
teacher centered philosophy
15.
What approach does essentialism believe in?
a)
back-to-basics
b)
pragmatism
c)
scaffolding
d)
behaviorism
16.
Which philosophy recommends that students learn from the Great Books? 
a)
Progressivism
b)
Existentialism
c)
Essentialism
d)
Perennialism
17.
Uses lessons that both intellectually and emotionsally stir students about the inequities that surround them.
a)
Social Reconstructionist
b)
Essentialist
c)
Perennialist
d)
Progressivist