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American Education, 10/e
Joel Spring

The Profession of Teaching

Internet Exercises

1. Search the Internet for information about President George W. Bush’s educational reform plans. On the basis of your understanding of this plan, answer the question Spring proposes on page 29. Do you think the President’s plan will change or reform education? Why?

2. After reading Chapter 2, what do you consider to be the biggest challenge teachers face? Why is this a challenge? When faced with this challenge, how will you handle it?

3. Think about your decision to become a teacher. What are the reasons why you want to teach? Of the reasons teachers become frustrated and dissatisfied with teaching listed in Chapter 2 on page 40, which do you think you would have a difficult time handling? Why? How do you think you would deal with the frustration and dissatisfaction?