Question 1

Herbst's distinction between teacher professionalization and teacher professionalism is focused primarily on

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A)   professional autonomy versus work that is managed by others.
B)   the process of becoming a professional as opposed to already being one.
C)   the difference between being called a professional and being paid like one.
D)   None of these answers is correct. A

Question 2

Those who support alternative methods to teaching certification are considered

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A)   professionalists.
B)   deregulators.
C)   modern liberals.
D)   All of these answers are correct. B

Question 3

James B. Conant's recommendations on how to professionalize teaching

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A)   aimed to create greater autonomy for teachers.
B)   emphasized a teacher's right to determine his or her own professional tasks.
C)   did not include any models on how to train teachers.
D)   All of these answers are correct. C

Question 4

Dee Ann Spencer's assessment of teaching as a quasi-profession

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A)   contradicts Goodlad's assessment of teaching.
B)   recognizes the issue of gender as significant to professional status.
C)   contradicts the Carnegie Forum's satisfaction with the teaching profession.
D)   All of these answers are correct.

Question 5

Horace Mann's normal schools helped

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A)   pull together a specialized body of teaching knowledge.
B)   make teaching a more female-occupied profession.
C)   standardize the quality and content of schooling.
D)   All of these answers are correct.

Question 6

The authors are holding open the possibility that an analysis of teaching

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A)   need not assume that professionalization is a necessary approach to improving the quality of teaching and schooling.
B)   should offer a route to professionalization that is gender neutral because gender is irrelevant to the quality of teaching.
C)   should recognize that women are distinctively well suited for teaching because of their nurturing dispositions.
D)   All of these answers are correct.

Question 7

Alternative Routes to Teaching Certification (ARTC) are a(n) _____ response to the needs of schools.

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A)   modern liberal
B)   classical
C)   neoliberal
D)   ultraconservative

Question 8

When considering the criteria that make any occupation a profession, one should remember that

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A)   medicine and law are the only true professions by which other professions should be judged.
B)   there is no definitive set of characteristics that fits all professions.
C)   the most important criterion for any profession is whether other professions regard it as worthy of professional status.
D)   it does little good to call something a profession if the salaries are lower than blue-collar salaries.

Question 9

The authors would agree that

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A)   the historical feminization of teaching may be a strength rather than a weakness in the effort to improve schooling.
B)   the historical feminization of teaching may be a long-term obstacle to equalizing status and rewards between teaching and other professions.
C)   a crucial goal for teachers should be professional autonomy in the context of professional responsibility to many constituencies.
D)   All of these answers are correct.

Question 10

Explain how the current management structure of American public schools contributes to teacher dissatisfaction. How might this situation be improved?

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Question 11

Professional learning communities

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A)   allow teachers to collaborate for the benefit of the learning needs of students.
B)   seek to return to the privatized practice of teaching characterized by one-room school houses.
C)   try to reorganize the work of teaching into teams, as exemplified by union organizations.
D)   All of these answers are correct.

Question 12

While the federal and state governments both create laws to govern public schooling,

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A)   Supreme Court decisions have been the primary government influence on school practices and policy.
B)   the federal government has the greater impact because it controls more financial resources.
C)   state governments have not historically been very active in school legislation.
D)   the Constitution leaves most power over schooling to state governments.

Question 13

By the middle of the 20th century, aspiring teachers had to undergo a four-year degree program to qualify as teachers instead of the earlier practice of pursuing two-year schooling. This professional requirement

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A)   promised to increase autonomy in classrooms for teachers.
B)   ensured that the salaries of teachers would be similar to those of other professions.
C)   did not result in an increase in teacher autonomy in schools.
D)   resulted in uniform learning outcomes for all students in a classroom.

Question 14

In Tomorrow's Teachers, the Holmes Group sought to

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A)   reject comparisons among teaching and medicine and law.
B)   reject a professionalization model for teaching.
C)   improve the education of teachers to improve teaching.
D)   All of these answers are correct.

Question 15

The authors appear to believe that

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A)   there is reason to be skeptical about professionalization as the cure for what ails public schooling.
B)   teacher pay seems to be unrelated to teacher status in a materialistic society.
C)   teacher shortages justify alternative routes to teacher certification.
D)   female-dominated occupations tend to enjoy higher status than male occupations that require comparable skills and training.

Question 16

Which of the following legislations provides large amounts of funding to schools directed at improving the education of students whose education is limited by poverty?

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A)   The Every Child Succeeds Act of 2015
B)   The Educate America Act of 2000
C)   The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
D)   The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

Question 17

The dominant ideology of a society is recognized because it

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A)   is supported by the dominant social institutions.
B)   justifies the prevailing social order.
C)   explains the social order in terms of the values and beliefs of the dominant social class.
D)   All of these answers are correct.

Question 18

Efforts at centralizing the control of teaching standards were characteristic of

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A)   Horace Mann's common school movement.
B)   the Holmes Group's Tomorrow's Teachers.
C)   the Carnegie Forum's Task Force on Teaching as a Profession.
D)   All of these answers are correct.

Question 19

It is clear from looking at our classrooms, administrative structures, and teacher and administrator preparation programs that the teaching force is predominantly female, while the administrative ranks are largely male. In your view, how does gender factor in to understanding teacher autonomy, teacher rewards, public support for schooling, and other dimensions that might have a bearing on the effectiveness of schools? Support your position with examples and reasoned argument.

Accepted Answer

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Question 20

According to the guidelines set by No Child Left Behind, good teaching is

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A)   measured by good test scores.
B)   determined locally by schools and their governing structures.
C)   encouraging for teacher-generated assessment.
D)   derived from autonomy in the classroom.

Exam 10: Teaching in a Public Institution: The Professionalization Movement