EDFS 201 TEST #1 October 5, 2004

Chapters 1,2,3,5,& 6

Good Luck!!

1. Name three characteristics of a profession.

i.

ii.

iii.

2. Is teaching a profession?

Give Reasons.

3. According to the text, the dispositions to help students learn is one of the primary cornerstones of teaching.

3a.What is the other factor noted as a primary cornerstone of teaching and learning?

a.

3b.Define disposition and give an example.

b.

3c. What are the two major professional organizations for

teachers?

i.

ii.

4a. What is culture and why is it important for teachers to understand

their own culture?

a.

4b. What is gender?

4c. Why are gender, social status, region of origin, exceptionality, all examples of culture?

c.

4d. What is the difference between cultural pluralism and

assimilation?

d.

4e. How do two approaches influence school curriculum and the identity of both dominant and minority groups?

e.

4f. Give one definition of curriculum.

f.

4g. Name the four types of curricula offered in schools and explain what

each is.

i.

ii.

iii.

iv.

5. What is Jean Anyon’s argument about school curriculum?

5.B Name four types of social classes that are reproduced

through the school system?

i.

ii.

iii.

iv.

6a. What social class values did Jimmy Miller’s

school seem to hold?

a.

6b. What social class values did Jimmy Miller’s

family hold?

b.

4c. Why didn’t Jimmy Miller perform well on the IQ test?

c.

4d. Was Jimmy provided with equal/equitable

educational opportunities? Why?

d.

4f. Did Jimmy Miller’s school use a curriculum that espoused

multiculturalism?

Give Reasons.

4g. Would we consider Jimmy Miller’s teacher a social activists and a teacher teaching for social justice? Give reasons by defining what teaching for social justice

is.

g.

4. Name three beliefs that Bell Hooks hold about students?

i.

ii.

iii.

How has these beliefs influenced how she teaches and her

expectations of her students?

5. Foundations of American education is in Europe.

Who had access (at least 3 groups) and who did not have access to education in the colonies? Give three groups for each.

i.

ii.

iii.

iv.

v.

vi.

6. How has the above mentioned legacy of education influenced

education today?

7. Name one key player in the struggle for common schooling?

What did s/he do?

8. Give three laws/Acts that were passed to make access to education

equitable for different groups of people?

i.

ii.

iii.

9. What do the following terms mean?

9a. Female seminaries

9b. Dame schools

9c. Monitorial schools

9d. Normal schools

10.Briefly describe your beliefs about teaching and what it

means to teach for social justice.

Current Issues

Briefly describe two issues that you consider important that have come to your attention through current issues discussions. Why do you consider these issues important (1 paragraph)

The End. Make sure you have answered all of

the questions!