Question 1

List at least four of the "clues" that you can use to learn more about the culture of a school.

Accepted Answer

Answer should include at least four of the following:
• Physical plant of the school (high-school parking lots), teacher expectations, student expectations, school policies, classrooms, school leaders

Question 2

Teachers and schools that work to instill key moral values in their students are engaging in

Accepted Answer

A) all of these. 
B) ethical compliance training. 
C) social-class clarification. 
D) civic order establishment. 
A) all of these. 
B) ethical compliance training. 
C) social-class clarification. 
D) civic order establishment. A

Question 3

Why did the Founding Fathers insist that public education was essential to the newly created democratic form of government?

Accepted Answer

A) Citizens needed to participate in the writing of laws for the new country. 
B) Citizens needed to be literate and informed in order to participate responsibly in the democratic process. 
C) Citizens needed to be able to read the Bible. 
D) Citizens needed to pass a literacy test in order to vote. 
A) Citizens needed to participate in the writing of laws for the new country. 
B) Citizens needed to be literate and informed in order to participate responsibly in the democratic process. 
C) Citizens needed to be able to read the Bible. 
D) Citizens needed to pass a literacy test in order to vote. B

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a key value of American schools as identified by educational researchers?

Accepted Answer

A) competitiveness. 
B) compliance. 
C) order. 
D) individualism. 
A) competitiveness. 
B) compliance. 
C) order. 
D) individualism.

Question 5

For which purpose were schools were first established in Colonial America?

Accepted Answer

A) intellectual. 
B) economic. 
C) religious. 
D) political. 
A) intellectual. 
B) economic. 
C) religious. 
D) political.

Question 6

How is culture defined?

Accepted Answer

Culture is defined as the syst

Question 7

What was the goal of the Old Deluder Satan Act?

Accepted Answer

The Old Deluder Satan Act requ

Question 8

Teachers and schools fulfill an economic purpose by

Accepted Answer

A) instilling in students good work habits. 
B) promoting students' academic achievement. 
C) encouraging students to perform community service. 
D) helping students clarify their values and beliefs. 
A) instilling in students good work habits. 
B) promoting students' academic achievement. 
C) encouraging students to perform community service. 
D) helping students clarify their values and beliefs.

Question 9

How has the No Child Left Behind Act strengthen the argument for schools fulfilling a primarily intellectual purpose?

Accepted Answer

A) Schools are required to provide students with college and career counseling. 
B) Schools are to encourage students to fulfill their community service requirement. 
C) Schools are expected to help students develop their decision-making processes. 
D) Schools are accountable for the academic progress of the students. 
A) Schools are required to provide students with college and career counseling. 
B) Schools are to encourage students to fulfill their community service requirement. 
C) Schools are expected to help students develop their decision-making processes. 
D) Schools are accountable for the academic progress of the students.

Question 10

Students at Sunnyside Middle School attend an assembly to hear speeches for candidates for student government offices before casting their votes.Encouraging elections such as this is part of which of the following purposes?

Accepted Answer

A) intellectual. 
B) political and civic. 
C) economic. 
D) all of these. 
A) intellectual. 
B) political and civic. 
C) economic. 
D) all of these.

List at least four of the "clues" that you can use to learn more about the culture of a school.

Teachers and schools that work to instill key moral values in their students are engaging in

Why did the Founding Fathers insist that public education was essential to the newly created democratic form of government?

Which of the following is NOT a key value of American schools as identified by educational researchers?

For which purpose were schools were first established in Colonial America?

How is culture defined?

What was the goal of the Old Deluder Satan Act?

Teachers and schools fulfill an economic purpose by

How has the No Child Left Behind Act strengthen the argument for schools fulfilling a primarily intellectual purpose?

Students at Sunnyside Middle School attend an assembly to hear speeches for candidates for student government offices before casting their votes.Encouraging elections such as this is part of which of the following purposes?

Reflective Teaching for Student Learning

Understanding Student Differences

Teaching Culturally Diverse Learners

Teaching Students With Disabilities

Teaching Academically Diverse Learners

Key Principles of Learning

Establishing the Classroom Environment

Maintaining the Classroom Environment

Planning What to Teach

Planning Lessons

How to Teach

Communication in the Classroom

Teaching and Technology

Assessment for Learning

Tools for Assessment

Working With Your Students Families

Working With Colleagues

School Governance and Funding

Professional Performance Assessment

The Ethics of Teaching

Educational Law

Hiring, Firing, and Educational Law

The First Year

Professionalism in Teaching

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Exam 7: School Culture

List at least four of the "clues" that you can use to learn more about the culture of a school.

Teachers and schools that work to instill key moral values in their students are engaging in

Why did the Founding Fathers insist that public education was essential to the newly created democratic form of government?

Which of the following is NOT a key value of American schools as identified by educational researchers?

For which purpose were schools were first established in Colonial America?

How is culture defined?

What was the goal of the Old Deluder Satan Act?

Teachers and schools fulfill an economic purpose by

How has the No Child Left Behind Act strengthen the argument for schools fulfilling a primarily intellectual purpose?

Students at Sunnyside Middle School attend an assembly to hear speeches for candidates for student government offices before casting their votes.Encouraging elections such as this is part of which of the following purposes?

Reflective Teaching for Student Learning

Understanding Student Differences

Teaching Culturally Diverse Learners

Teaching Students With Disabilities

Teaching Academically Diverse Learners

Key Principles of Learning

Establishing the Classroom Environment

Maintaining the Classroom Environment

Planning What to Teach

Planning Lessons

How to Teach

Communication in the Classroom

Teaching and Technology

Assessment for Learning

Tools for Assessment

Working With Your Students Families

Working With Colleagues

School Governance and Funding

Professional Performance Assessment

The Ethics of Teaching

Educational Law

Hiring, Firing, and Educational Law

The First Year

Professionalism in Teaching

Filters