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WorksheetsMid-Semester Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Plato taught that truth is
forever changing and found in ideas
forever changing and found in the world of matter
perfect and found in ideas
perfect and found in the world of matter
The role of an essentialist teacher is
activist for social change
dispenser of knowledge
facilitator
guide and resource person
The period during which individuals protested against the dogmatic authority the church exerted over their social and intellectual life was the
Medieval Ages
Dark Ages
Reformation
Renaissance
Teachers who accept the essentialist theory of knowledge would agree that they must aid students in
acquiring facility in accessing the vast amounts of knowledge available on the World Wide Web
seeking everlasting truth
developing sound habits of mind and respect for authority
acquiring a common core of information and skills
What is the purpose of accreditation programs?
They remedy the teaching field shortages.
They give institutions flexibility on meeting established standards.
They provide assurance that program graduates are qualified and competent to practice.
They determine the way students are assessed.
A way of teaching that centers on the use of questions by the teacher to lead students to a certain conclusion is
cooperative learning
direct instruction
Socratic method
Authentic assessment
Aristotle taught that
ideas formed in the mind constitute the basis of reality
the absolute form of matter is ever changing
ideas are formed through the study of the world of matter
trees in the forest only exist when there is someone to observe them
When Mr. Smith asks his students, “Is the universe rationally designed or ultimately meaningless?”, he is expecting them to consider
ethics
metaphysics
epistemology
axiology
A school with a pluralistic approach will
build on similarities and minimize differences among students
encourage children to concentrate on learning about and celebrate their individual heritages
emphasize the common culture’s heritage to help foster a feeling of belonging
value cultural differences and integrate them into the curriculum
Axiology focuses on which type of question?
What is knowledge?
What ought to be?
What is reality?
What is good?
Federal funds for education are provided largely through what is called categorical aid. This type of funding is designed to support
specific uses defined by the government
a reduction in property taxes for the disadvantaged
construction of school buildings
all educational efforts
Myra Kovach believes that as a teacher she best serves her students by using role models of great heroes to pass on the cultural heritage and unchanging content of education from the past. Myra’s philosophy is rooted in
idealism
existentialism
pragmatism
realism
B.F. Skinner was responsible for developing
social theory
educational theory
cognitive theory
behavioral theory
Amy Therrian introduces each series of lessons with a set of educational objectives. One of the objectives was, ʺAll students will determine the specific gravity of an unknown liquid by using a hydrometer and a series of liquids of known specific gravities.ʺ At the end of the unit each student had to demonstrate that he or she had mastered the skill. Amy’s teaching strategy is consistent with
perennialism
positivism
essentialism
behaviorism
The organization that created a set of principles that describe what teachers should know and be able to do is
NEA
InTASC
AFT
KDP
A period of Greek history in which sufficiently great strides were made in human achievement to generate an organized concern for formal education is
Spartan War
Age of Pericles
Athenian Principles
Roman Education
Culture can best be described as possessing aspects of all of the following, EXCEPT
constant
shared
dynamic
learned
The most effective way to engage students in the democratic process is to
encourage students to work on political campaigns at election time
invite the mayor, councilors, state, and federal representatives to a “Democracy Expo.”
model civic behavior through a meaningful student government
provide a single, comprehensive civics course that covers all aspects of democratic government
Who determines how students are assessed with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)?
Each county
Each district
Each region
Each state
Epistemology focuses on which type of question?
What is reality?
What is good?
What seems to be?
What is knowledge?
