Teaching in a Multicultural Setting

In regard to the assignment of additional duties or responsibilities, it is most accurate to say that

A teacher may be assigned certain responsibilities not outlined in the contract

Ch. 7: Under the provisions of the educational laws, teachers are most likely to face professional challenges when _______.

ALL OF THE BELOW a. taking your students by school bus on a field trip b. enforcing the dress code on a student who is not in your class c. having a student incur an injury in your classroom

The federal poverty level is approximately ____ a year for a family of four

$22,000

Short-term school suspension is usually defined as ________.

10 days or less

It is estimated that the number of multiracial Americans is increasing at ____ times the rate of the white population

10 times

the dropout rate among all migrant workers is 90 percent, and __ percent leave school before finishing the ninth grade

50

A study of lesbian and gay youth reported that ____ percent of participants believed that their teachers had negative attitudes about homosexuality

80

______ may be a physical indicator of emotional maltreatment

Failure to thrive, or lags in physical development

____ is not a dimension of multicultural education

Immersion programs

A policy that provides teachers with job security is known as

Tenure

In 1976, Congress revised the Copyright Act by adding the doctrine of

fair use

According to research, ____ contributes most strongly to students' achievement in school

social economic status

All of the following criteria are generally adhered to in expulsion cases *except*

the right to a hearing by a jury

To create classrooms that are truly multicultural, teachers must select instructional materials that are all of the following except ____________

written in several different languages

John Dewey (1859-1952) believed that __________.

public school curriculum should derive from student's interest and needs

Axiology highlights the fact that teachers have an interest not only in how much students learn, but also in the ________.

quality of life that comes from knowledge

In regard to reporting child abuse, teachers are ______.

required by law to report any suspected child abuse

The Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 declared that _____.

segregated schools we inherently unequal

The multicultural curriculum should enable students to do all of the following *except*

speak fluently in at least one second language

Schools may enforce dress codes for students if the

students are notified

A constructivist (constructs knowledge for info.) teacher would expect all of the following learnings from students *except*

students learning by applying thinking to projects

The parents of Britany are seeking $500,000 from the local school district because Britnay graduated from high school with a forth-grade reading level. This type of lawsuit is called _____.

An educational malpractice suit

A high school principal, suspects that a student has a gun in his locker. According to law, the principal _______.

Can search the students locker without a search warrant

The process through which school boards negotiate contracts with teacher organizations is known as

Collective Bargaining

Possible elements that might shape a person's ________ include customs, age, racial identity, exceptionalities, language, gender, sexual orientation, income level, beliefs, values, and customs.

Cultural Identity

CH. 8: ______ is the way of life common to a group of people consisting of their values, attitudes, and beliefs.

Culture

A perennialistic curriculum should stress

students' intellectual growth in the arts and sciences

A social reconstructionist curriculum would likely feature all of the following *except*

study of the Great Books

Skinner's operant (or type R) conditioning advances all of the following ideas *except*

teachers should withhold reinforcers until students have reflected on their behaviors

All of the following represent good advice for student teachers *except*

the best time to learn emergency procedures is when an emergency occurs

when teachers view a home page on the internet they are viewing a published copy of an original document and should remember that

the fair use doctrine applies

When Dewey refers to the general theory of education, he is referring

the philosophy of education

Logic is the area of philosophy that deals with

the process of reasoning

Metaphysics has important implications for education because

the school curriculum is based on what we know about reality

Students who spend a great deal of time learning by rote memorization likely have a teacher who views knowledge as ________.

the sum total of small bits of subject matter

What teachers believe about students is based on ________.

their unique life experience

The transmission of knowledge refers to all of the following *except*

to test the cognitive ability of students

To dismiss a teacher, a district must follow a step-by-step process known as _______.

Due Process

Depending on the statues in a particular state, a student teacher may act as a substitute teacher under all of the following conditions *except*

when the student teacher is paid at professional rates

A(n) ______ is made up of individuals within a larger culture who share a self-defined racial or cultural identity and a set of beliefs, attitudes, and values.

Ethnic group

____ refers to shared feeling of common identity, based on a "common ancestry, culture, history, tradition, and a sense of peoplehood."

Ethnicity

Using two languages as the medium of instruction is an example of _________.

Individualistic

Black Academies have sprung up across the country in recent years, many supported by the growing number of African Americans who practice ________

Islam

_______ students have limited ability to understand, read, or speak English, and they have a first language other than English

Limited English proficient

Under the provisions of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the penalty for giving out personally identifiable information without prior written consent is _______.

Loss of federal funds.

Having a Clear educational philosophy can help teachers to:

Make appropriate decisions in the middle of a lesson

____ is committed to the goal of providing all students, regardless of socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, or ethnic, racial, or cultural backgrounds, with equal opportunities to learn in school

Multicultural education

_____ is a set of beliefs based on the importance of seeing the world from different cultural frames of reference and on recognizing and valuing the rich array of cultures within our nation and global community

Multiculturalism

In tort law, harm inflicted on the injured party may be the result of all of the following *except*

Prudent behavior by a reasonable person

__ conveys to students certain expectations about the way boys and girls are supposed to act

Sex role socialization

____ is the process of attributing behavioral characteristics to all members of a group.

Stereotyping

The transmission view of teaching includes all of the following *except*

Students learning by applying thinking to projects

The guarantee of equal educational opportunity for women was a result of ____.

Title IX

An understanding of philosophy of education is important for all of the following reasons *except*

To help your interview skills when pursing a position

One example of a metaphysical question is

What is reality?

The expanded math, science, and technology programs for females is an example of the passage of the ____.

Women's Educational Equity Act

In the progressively oriented classroom, the teacher serves as

a guide whose primary responsibility is to facilitate student learning

In the 1950s and 1960s, humanistic psychology became the basis of educational reforms that sought to enhance students'

achievement of their potential through self-actualization

For initial certification, nearly all states require

applicants to pass a test of basic skills, professional knowledge, and academic subject areas

Native-American children raised in traditional settings generally do all the following *except*

approach new tasks by asking questions

An essentialistic curriculum would most likely emphasize

basic skills

according to tort liability law, an individual who is negligent and at fault in the exercise of his or her legal duty may

be required to pay monetary damages

John B. Watson (1878-1958) and B. F. Skinner (1904-1990) are most closely associated with the ______ branch of psychology

behavioristic

Programs designed to meet the learning needs of students whose first language is not English by providing instruction in two languages are called

bilingual education

When establishing home pages on the Internet, teachers should be careful not to include information that would identify

children in the class

For a teacher's certificate to be revoked, the reason must

clearly hinder the teacher's ability to perform satisfactory

Psychological orientations to teaching are concerned primarily with understanding the

conditions associated with effective learning

Essentialism is most accurately characterized as a ________ philosophy of education.

conservative

Perennialism views truth as

constant

A superintendent unknowingly violated the constitutionally guaranteed right to due process of a student whom she expels for violating the rule against using alcoholic beverages at a school function. The superintendent

could be held liable for expelling the student

A(n) ____ is passed on from generation because of the increasing difficulty for children of the poor to receive adequate education an job training

culture of pverty

Progressivism is based on the belief that education should be student-centered and adhere to all of the following assumptions *except*

curriculum should focus on the enduring disciplines of knowledge

Teachers often find it necessary to take action in situations in which all the facts are not known or for which no single course of action can be called right or wrong. These situations are often referred to as _______.

ethical deliemmas

Existential philosophy is unique in that it ________.

focuses on the experiences of the individual

_______ is *not* an indicator of sexual abuse

frequent upper respiratory infections

Subtle favoritism or discrimination on the basis of gender is called ____

gender bias

Self-directed learning can be referenced as ______.

gifted

The most definitive description of the Socratic method can be said to consist of

holding philosophical conversations

An important part of a teacher's response to an ethical dilemma is

identifying possible consequences of one's actions

Philosophy is concerned with

identifying the basic truths about being, knowledge, and conduct

Some authorities suggest that academic freedom is a less powerful legal defense than it was in the past. When basing a defense on academic freedom, one of the following must be true if the defendant expects to prevail, namely

it must be demonstrated conclusively that the teacher did not defy legitimate state and local curriculum directives

Epistemological questions focus on

knowledge

Constructivism is based on the notion that

knowledge is constructed by learners

ethnic and racial minorities have traditionally __ power in the public life of the united states

lacked

In regard to the rights of student teachers, it is most accurate to say that they _____.

may have legal rights depending on the state

Any group numbering less than half of the total population is called a(n)

minority

According to Oakes, and Lipton, gender should be a dimension of?

multicultural education

A "site license" is commercial software agreement that permits installation on

one and only one computer

By 2060, the Latino population in the United States is expected to be approximately ____ percent, or more than 128 million

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