Deck 4: Guidance: The Bottom Line

Question 1

In learning to accept their "humanness," teachers in the guidance classroom must consider all BUT which of the following?

A)relying upon strategies to assist them in physically or emotionally challenging days
B)letting the class know when they are affected by personal circumstances
C)denying their own concerns for the benefit of the children
D)their own feelings

Answer 1

C

Question 2

How can poverty influence the child in the classroom?

Answer 2

One out of seven American families lives in poverty.Families in poverty live with nutrition,residential,and/or health insecurity that easily results in high stress levels experienced by family members.Unless parents have unusual personal strength and sense of purpose,stress in the family causes stress in the child.Without the resources to deal with life-anxiety on their own,children from impoverished families may show aggression and acting out behavior in the classroom.To be effective in the use of guidance,teachers need to build positive relationships with both these children and their caregivers.With positive relationships,trust builds and cooperative action to overcome the effects of poverty becomes possible.

Question 3

Mistaken behavior in children may occur

A)when the child's developmental needs do not match the program's offerings.
B)in children's reactions to teaching practices that are developmentally appropriate.
C)when children are coping with the complexities of life
D)when children and programs are matched

Answer 3

A

Question 4

According to Kounin,which of the following characteristics does an effective teacher demonstrate?

A)skill as a technician
B)reactive behavior
C)with-it-ness
D)withholding behavior

Question 5

Occasionally the teacher needs to rescue children from their own behavior.In order to assist children in difficult situations,which of the following is best for the teacher to use?

A)corporal punishment
B)crisis intervention
C)assertive discipline
D)none of these answers

Question 6

Which one of the following is NOT a method supported in the guidance tradition for use in solution-orientation with children?

A)guilt and shame for mistaken behavior
B)conflict management
C)teacher as responsive leader
D)crisis intervention

Question 7

How does guidance reduce the need for mistaken behavior?

Question 8

The emphasis on academic performance has resulted in which of the following within the field of education today?

A)generated funding support to the states
B)created uniform state-to-state standards
C)guaranteed student achievement
D)pressure upon administrators,children,teachers,and families to meet assessments that measure the standards

Question 9

Haim Ginott recommended

A)that teachers label children in order to better understand and teach them.
B)that teachers act as technicians in order to acquire the best result
C)that teachers accept children as individuals of worth and welcome members of the group.
D)that teachers watch for expected mistaken behaviors.

Question 10

According to Greenberg,the partnership that exists between family members and teachers is

A)insignificant to the teacher's use in the guidance classroom.
B)integral to a teacher's use of guidance
C)the responsibility of the family to develop and maintain
D)particularly true of middle income families.

Question 11

Solution orientation in guidance includes which of the following?

A)crisis intervention strategies
B)conflict management
C)teacher as a responsive leader
D)all of the above

Question 12

Which of the following does the professional teacher utilize in the guidance classroom?

A)isolation of children from one another to maintain control
B)hasty decisions
C)skills to assess situations
D)punishment according to the severity of the child's offense

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT an example of a practice used in the guidance classroom?

A)involvement of parents
B)teacher as professional
C)liberation teaching
D)corporal punishment

Question 14

Which of the following does NOT describe the actions of the professional teacher?

A)The professional teacher does not impose upon family members for their input regarding their children or involve family members in learning about the guidance tradition.
B)The professional teacher balances outside academic pressures with accepted early childhood guidelines for appropriate and responsive practices.
C)The professional teacher monitors and occasionally formally assesses the match between the needs of the children and the educational program.When needed,the professional teacher revises the program to improve the match between the program and the children.

Question 15

Which of the following is used in guidance tradition classrooms as a method of assisting children to correct mistaken behaviors?

A)spanking children who exhibit mistaken behaviors
B)writing the names on the chalkboard of the chidren who have demonstrated difficulty within the classroom
C)providing firm but friendly guidance
D)posting a complex list of rules on the wall for all children to follow