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Praxis Plt Teacher Professionalism
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praxis
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teaching
Instructions:
Answer 38 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. John Dewey - Adult Education - Testing Movement - Sputnik - ESEA - A Nation at Risk - Goals 2000 - No Child Left Behind
Modern Period (1920- present)
Noah Webster
Oregon School Case of 1925
what public schools teach
2. Father of kindergarten 1837 (importance of play)
Friedrich Froebel
Massachusetts Law of Education 1647
Plessy vs. Ferguson
McGuffey Readers
3. Ages 8-14 to attend school for three months and 6 weeks consecutively (penalty was $20) later changed to 8-12 and increased to 20 weeks
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Thomas Jefferson
superintendent
Compusory Education Act of 1852
4. The need for classical curriculum (wanted conservative plan) church over state; college over university - classical curriculum over electives
Yale report of 1828
McGuffey Readers
Massachusetts Law of Education 1647
Puritan Influence
5. Puritain Influence - Latin Grammar School - Establishment of Harvard College - Hornbooks - and New England Primer
Progressive Period (1880-1920)
Cardinal Principles of Secondary Eduaction 1918
Modern Period (1920- present)
The Colonial Period (1600-1776)
6. Formed the first Ameican schools in 1635; Roxbury Latin School - influenced by religion (if you couldn't read it was Satan's way of keeping you from Bible)
Common School
ways teachers can advocate for learners
Puritan Influence
Compusory Education Act of 1852
7. Wooden paddle - parchment with the lesson - cover for the lesson made of transparent horn (alphabet - Lord's Prayer - vowels - and consonant patterns)
McGuffey Readers
Latin Grammar School
Hornbooks
Cardinal Principles of Secondary Eduaction 1918
8. Horace Mann (Industrial Revelution terminology)
superintendent
Horace Mann
Hornbooks
Modern Period (1920- present)
9. Originally designed for sons of upper classes who were destined to become leaders in the church - state - or judicial system (no girls allowed). Prepared boys for Harvard test
normal school
Noah Webster
Latin Grammar School
Morrill Act of 1862
10. Impact of Business and Industry on Ameircan Education - The Superintendent - The Principal - Division of Schools into Grades - The Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education - NEA Comittee of Ten - American Federation of Teachers - Manual Training Mo
Massachusetts Law of Education 1647
Yale report of 1828
Progressive Period (1880-1920)
Cardinal Principles of Secondary Eduaction 1918
11. 1828 first dictionary
Noah Webster
what public schools teach
Common School Period (1840-1880)
NEA
12. Least restrictive enviornment
public law 94-142
Cardinal Principles of Secondary Eduaction 1918
Oregon School Case of 1925
Common School
13. Parents were responsible for teaching their children to read and write
Massachusetts Law of Education 1642
Noah Webster
ways teachers can advocate for learners
Progressive Period (1880-1920)
14. Advocate for common schools; women's education
Henry Barnard
McGuffey Readers
Promoting Partnership
Harvard College
15. Admit when they don't know something - have a caring attitude - willingness to collaborate - critically analyze themselves - teacher/student viewing in reflective lens - demonstrate rational - careful thought to improve practices - be aware of own cu
Modern Period (1920- present)
attributes of reflective practicioners
Early National Period (1776-1840)
Horace Mann
16. 3rd US prez; University of Virginia at Charlottesville 1825 (intro students to govt and equality) Allowed for electives
Plessy vs. Ferguson
superintendent
The Colonial Period (1600-1776)
Thomas Jefferson
17. Common School - Horace Mann - Henry Barnard - Normal School - McGuffey Readers - Compulsory Education - Morrill Act of 1862 - National Education Asssociation - and the Establishment of Kindergartens
Noah Webster
Common School Period (1840-1880)
Modern Period (1920- present)
Common School
18. Textbook used by students (first in 1690) alphabet study with Bible verses
Hornbooks
Common School Period (1840-1880)
New England Primer
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
19. Respectful communication - shared decision - making - school as resources - teacher as a resource
Hornbooks
Early National Period (1776-1840)
Division of Schools into grades
Promoting Partnership
20. Communities must hire schoolmaster if there were more than 50 families in the area
Early National Period (1776-1840)
Massachusetts Law of Education 1647
Compusory Education Act of 1852
Noah Webster
21. Provided land in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley regions. It was stated that religion - morality - and knowledge were necessary for a strong government. Federal Govt began to create public school systems and offered them to all children
superintendent
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
attributes of reflective practicioners
Noah Webster
22. Wanted English taught rather than Latin - study science and practical skills (never came about but he led the way)
Latin Grammar School
Harvard College
ways teachers can advocate for learners
Ben Franklin
23. Believed that common school would be great equalizer (father of American education) Secretary of Education 1839
Division of Schools into grades
Modern Period (1920- present)
Horace Mann
normal school
24. Benjamin Franklin - Thomas Jefferson - Noah Webster - Yales Report of 1828
Early National Period (1776-1840)
New England Primer
The Colonial Period (1600-1776)
Horace Mann
25. Helped to establish a way to fund public education
Promoting Partnership
Ben Franklin
Land Ordinance of 1785
Plessy vs. Ferguson
26. Seperate railroad cars were constitutional (B and W)
Early National Period (1776-1840)
Progressive Period (1880-1920)
Plessy vs. Ferguson
New England Primer
27. Professional developement - knowing the latest educational practices - attend meetings on students - open communications with all involved - modifying and accommodating learning practices
Friedrich Froebel
ways teachers can advocate for learners
Modern Period (1920- present)
The Colonial Period (1600-1776)
28. May 17 - 1954 US Supreme Court announced its decision that seperate educational facilities are unequal (The Little Rock Nine)
superintendent
Hornbooks
Brown vs. Board of Education
Puritan Influence
29. 1857 and founded by 43 educators in Philly (organization to promote teachers)
Early National Period (1776-1840)
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Oregon School Case of 1925
NEA
30. Americanize schools by making 8-16 year olds attend public schools
Thomas Jefferson
Massachusetts Law of Education 1647
Modern Period (1920- present)
Oregon School Case of 1925
31. 1839 Lexington Massachusetts (purpose of training teachers) in the common schools
normal school
Promoting Partnership
Ben Franklin
New England Primer
32. Available to all people (social harmony)
Yale report of 1828
Cardinal Principles of Secondary Eduaction 1918
Common School
The Colonial Period (1600-1776)
33. 1636...offered classic academic course of study
Modern Period (1920- present)
Harvard College
Land Ordinance of 1785
Plessy vs. Ferguson
34. Estblished institutions to provide education in agriculture - home economics - mechanical art - and other practical professions (all social classes)
Puritan Influence
Land Ordinance of 1785
attributes of reflective practicioners
Morrill Act of 1862
35. 1836 different level of readers; revised and added to over the years
what public schools teach
McGuffey Readers
New England Primer
Friedrich Froebel
36. 6-8 and 9-14
New England Primer
Division of Schools into grades
Massachusetts Law of Education 1642
Common School Period (1840-1880)
37. Health - writing - reading - oral and wrotten expression - mathematics - worthy home membership - vocation - civic education - worthy use of leisure times - ethical behavior
Common School
NEA
Harvard College
Cardinal Principles of Secondary Eduaction 1918
38. Promotion of democratic prinicples - teaching of common values - and educating a diverse culture of global society
Harvard College
Thomas Jefferson
Henry Barnard
what public schools teach