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Who established the first school of education in the United States? |
| | A) | John Harvard |
| | B) | Reverend Samuel Hall |
| | C) | Horace Mann |
| | D) | The Holmes Group |
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The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) |
| | A) | trains entry-level teachers in professional conduct. |
| | B) | works to recognize highly competent teachers. |
| | C) | was criticized by the Holmes Group for inadequately preparing teachers. |
| | D) | none of the above. |
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Teachers in colonial times
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| | A) | were highly regarded for their public service.
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| | B) | worked hard to earn their teaching credentials.
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| | C) | often had no formal preparation for teaching.
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| | D) | belonged to one of two professional teaching organizations: one labor-oriented, the other more professional in nature.
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In the history of teacher education in the U.S., Horace Mann
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| | A) | chaired the faculty of the first normal school, in Concord, Vermont.
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| | B) | was a member of the influential Holmes Group.
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| | C) | worked to establish a board certification process for highly competent teachers.
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| | D) | helped establish the first state-supported normal school.
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Which of the following is NOT an advantage of teaching as a career?
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| | A) | Family-friendly work schedules, including summers off.
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| | B) | Comprehensive benefits, including health care and retirement benefits.
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| | C) | Freedom from mindless routine and clerical work.
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| | D) | Ongoing intellectual stimulation.
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Which of the following is TRUE of teachers' salaries?
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| | A) | In order to attract individuals to teaching, federal income tax is no longer assessed on teachers' salaries.
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| | B) | Teachers' salaries vary widely from region to region, even district to district.
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| | C) | Teachers' salaries have stagnated in the last two decades.
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| | D) | California boasts the highest teachers' salaries and has been a national leader in educational funding for more than two decades.
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In the colonial era, teachers
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| | A) | Earned as much as farmers, and even a bit more than merchants, enjoying relatively high status.
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| | B) | Were trained in teaching academies and focused particularly on maintaining good discipline and promoting Christian values.
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| | C) | At the elementary level, typically had not even attended secondary school.
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| | D) | Attended "normal schools" whose rising status enabled them to compete successfully for the scarce teaching positions.
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Which of the following BEST DESCRIBES the status of teaching?
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| | A) | Teaching today is finally accepted as a true profession by teachers, the public, and the media.
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| | B) | While the public views teaching as a profession, the media continue to cast doubt on its professional status.
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| | C) | Most people believe that teaching has not reached the status of a profession.
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| | D) | Teachers have abandoned the effort to be treated as professionals and have focused their energies almost entirely on improving their salaries.
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Tomorrow's Teachers is the name of a report issued in 1986 by
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| | A) | The Carnegie Forum
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| | B) | The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
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| | C) | The Committee of Ten
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| | D) | The Holmes Group
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Tomorrow's Teachers and A Nation Prepared both called for
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| | A) | Higher standards for teachers in the U.S.
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| | B) | Merit pay systems and career ladders to reward competent teachers.
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| | C) | Establishing "normal schools" to standardize teacher preparation.
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| | D) | Lengthening teacher training programs to four years.
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Which of the following statements about Teach for America is FALSE?
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| | A) | It is the government-run teacher-training program that puts graduates into rural schools.
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| | B) | It is criticized by educators such as Linda Darling-Hammond who believe it is unprofessional and irresponsible.
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| | C) | It attracts a greater proportion of teachers of color than traditional, university-based teacher education programs.
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| | D) | It is a "fast track" training program for motivated college graduates to become teachers and serve in some of America's most difficult classrooms.
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The 1997 Public Agenda survey on how to prepare teachers found that
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| | A) | university professors and classroom teachers held remarkably similar views on how to prepare new teachers.
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| | B) | university professors and the public held sharply different views on how to prepare teachers.
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| | C) | teachers and the public believe that university programs spend too much time teaching teachers how to maintain classroom discipline.
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| | D) | university professors favor more competitive learning environments, while parents think students should engage in more cooperative learning.
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Which of the following statements is TRUE?
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| | A) | Dean Henry Holmes of Massachusetts is known for his early yet unsuccessful efforts to establish normal schools.
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| | B) | Teach for America recruits individuals to teaching and grants its graduates a Masters degree in Education or Teaching.
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| | C) | The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards administers yearly minimum competency tests to aspiring teachers to weed out unqualified teaching candidates.
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| | D) | "Fast track" training programs, such as Teach for America, provide short-term but controversial fixes for teacher shortages.
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Which of the following is NOT TRUE? Jaime Escalante
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| | A) | taught in Mexico before coming to the United States in 1963.
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| | B) | taught at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles.
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| | C) | built an advanced placement calculus program at a struggling school.
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| | D) | encouraged his students to retake an advanced placement calculus test when they were accused of cheating.
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Of the following, which is the BEST advice you could give someone to become an attractive teaching candidate?
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| | A) | During your education program, create a list of potential people to write recommendations for you. At the completion of the teacher education program, solicit these letters.
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| | B) | Apply for board certification before requesting job interviews. Such certification greatly enhances your chances of being offered a beginning teaching position.
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| | C) | Study the job market and focus on networking; you want to be a known quantity when jobs arise.
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| | D) | The most critical part of any job application is a carefully worded application letter. Write a letter summarizing your strengths, listing your experiences, and reflecting your enthusiasm.
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