Deck 2: Guiding Concepts of Practice

Question 1

Which is true about the traditional paradigm of intelligence?

A)It is a general mental capability that involves reasoning and comprehension of complex ideas.
B)It can be measured by intelligence tests.
C)It can be changed over time with study and practice.
D)Both a and b.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Give one example of an instructional technique used in progressive education that would clearly define this movement.

Answer 2

A theory is a systematic way to explain observed events and it is used to predict future events.Example illustration: Teachers can use a theory such as emotional intelligence to develop activities that help students understand their emotions.They would predict that this would assist students in emotional intelligence growth.

Question 3

Bartlett Giamatti described truth as an amalgam.This analogy is used in our textbook to describe how we might understand the state of schooling in the United States.Which of the following would best describe the term as used in the text?

A)On the one hand we have the critics of U.S.education who believe that schools are failing,and on the other we have those who defend the current status of education.
B)Curricula in schools today are a blend of progressive and traditional education concepts.
C)There is a tension between the federal and state government for control of education policy.
D)Both b and c above.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following list of individuals would have most agreed with findings similar to those in A Nation at Risk?

A)David Berliner and Jonathan Kozol.
B)Gerald Bracey and Arthur Bestor.
C)Thomas Sowell and Admiral Rickover.
D)Richard Rothstein and Albert Lynd.

Question 5

Which of the following might happen in David Perkins' Smart Schools?
a.At the center of the curriculum is the belief that if students are taught as many facts as possible,they can use this knowledge to problem solve.
b.Thinking is at the center of the teaching and learning process.
c.The school is structured so that students work collaboratively.
d.Both b and c

Question 6

Theory of practice,as defined in our textbook,is best described as

A)The use of theories found in the research on teaching that are used to help teachers improve instructional practices.
B)Developing a personal philosophy of educational leadership based on sound theory and research.
C)Developing your own theory of how to educate students.
D)Both a and c.