Test Bank for Teachers, Schools, and Society: A Brief Introduction to Education - 6e - Sadker - Chapter 01 1) Which of the following is a reason that influences individuals to choose teaching as a profession? A) desire to work with young people B) high prestige and status C) minimal amounts of paperwork D) higher salaries as compared to other professions 2) Identify an accurate statement about merit pay. A) It is no longer in use in schools and colleges. B) It is easy to be objective while rewarding teachers with merit pay. C) It attempts to reward the best teachers. D) It mostly involves rewarding a teacher based on the number of s tudents taught rather than the test scores of the students. 3) Alice is a teacher who has just finished her fourth year of teaching. At the end of that year, Alice was informed that she would be granted tenure. From this point, Alice can expect A) iron-clad guarantee of job security. B) protection from arbitrary dismissal. C) recognition as a competent teacher. D) accelerated salary increases. 4) In terms of professional status, many feel teaching A) falls somewhere between professional and semiprofessional in status. B) enjoys a full professional status on the level of doctors, lawyers, and clergy. C) is a profession that cannot be associated with intrinsic rewards. D) is a skilled occupation such as computer programming or accountancy. 5) Identify an accurate statement about teachers d uring the colonial period in America. A) Teacher education was prominent. B) Most teachers received formal training. C) Teaching was viewed as a career rather than temporary employment. D) Most elementary school teachers never attended a secondary school. 1 Test Bank for Teachers, Schools, and Society: A Brief Introduction to Education - 6e - Sadker - Chapter 01 6) Which of the following statements is true about teaching as a profession in the United States till the 1900s? A) It was the highest-paying job in the United States. B) It was viewed mostly as a form of temporary employment. C) It held both female workers and teaching in hig h regard. D) It was the hardest profession because teachers were required to acquire a board certificate to teach. 7) Horace Mann helped establish the first A) state-supported normal school. B) undergraduate teaching program. C) post-graduate teaching program. D) classical secondary school. 8) Identify an accurate statement in reference to teaching during the early 1900s. A) Teachers began to receive good salaries. B) Teaching was becoming an increasingly female occupation. C) Both female workers and teaching were held in high regard. D) Professional teacher training gained wider acceptance. 9) To get “board certified” by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, a teacher: A) takes written tests, and the teacher ’s lesson plans are examined. B) must be certified by the American Fede ration of Teachers. C) has to appear for an interview, but written tests are not required. D) should serve as an apprentice to a master teacher. 10) After becoming “board certified,” a teacher A) can be assured of a promotion and hike in pay. B) might be given additional pay. C) is given less responsibility for school -wide instruction than a teacher who is yet to attain a board certification. D) is legally entitled to receive a minimum 20 percent raise. 2 Test Bank for Teachers, Schools, and Society: A Brief Introduction to Education - 6e - Sadker - Chapter 01 11) In the context of alternative teaching programs, identify an accurate stat ement about Teach for America (TFA). A) TFA draws strong candidates for teaching by being very selective. B) TFA recruits teach for at least five years in well -equipped urban schools. C) TFA has gained popularity for its lengthy and detailed teacher preparation met hods. D) TFA members usually end up teaching for a period of 10 years or more. 12) Identify an accurate statement about teaching residencies as an alternative teaching program. A) It is very similar to the Teach for America program based on the path they forge. B) It has been expanding recently and resemble medical residencies. C) The teachers under this program are trained for a month after which they have to teach students for at least 2 years. D) More than 70 percent of the teachers under this program leave the profession within a year. 13) In the context of how teachers are prepared today, there is A) a consensus that traditional teacher preparation programs are most effective. B) a consensus that alternative teacher preparation programs are most effective. C) no alternative teacher preparation program that is better than traditional programs. D) no consensus on how to best prepare teachers. 14) Alternative teacher education programs differ from traditional teacher education programs in that alternative teacher education programs A) require aspiring teachers to complete a minimum of 15 years of elementary school teaching to be “board-certified.” B) allow teachers to get on -the-job training. C) tend to draw less academically prepared students into teaching. D) focus less on structured apprentic eship. 15) The idea for Teach for America (TFA) came from A) the report “A Nation Prepared. ” B) the No Child Left Behind Act. C) Wendy Kopp’s undergraduate thesis at Princeton. D) the American Federation of Teachers. 3 Test Bank for Teachers, Schools, and Society: A Brief Introduction to Education - 6e - Sadker - Chapter 01 16) Pavel is a new teacher in an inner -city school in Boston. To prepare for teaching, Pavel commits to teach for at least five years. He then spends his first year observing and working with Dava, a master teacher, while taking coursework. Only during his second year he will be allowed to teach students of his own under Dava’s supervision. Based on this description, Pavel is part of A) a teaching residency program. B) a traditional teaching education program. C) the Teach for America program. D) a guild-based apprenticeship program. 17) Research shows that teachers skilled in pedagogy A) outperform teachers with superior subject area knowledge. B) give more importance to subject knowledge than teaching methods. C) lack effective instructional skills. D) do not employ effective teaching strategies. 18) Identify a reason why teacher education s tudents are considered less talented than other college majors. A) Education majors are less likely to score in the top 25 percent on the SATs. B) Teachers score lesser than those of writers, engineers, and physicians on the SATs. C) Most students who get into teaching are lazy. D) Most students who get into teaching lack focus. 19) Although U.S. middle school students may lag behind their Japanese counterparts in international algebra tests, the differences disappear on later tests due to the A) increased amount of time U.S. students spend on more challenging courses in high school. B) greater comparative effectiveness of U.S. colleges. C) greater access U.S. students have to private tutoring services. D) increased experience U.S. students have in standardized testing during their later years of education. 4
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