Deck 5: How Has Diversity Impacted Teaching

Question 1

Teachers need to

A) see changes in technology and learning theory as opportunities for growth.
B) respond to differences among learners.
C) prepare for change in their career.
D) all of these
E) A and B but not C

Answer 1

all of these

Question 2

Multicultural education refers to

A) the provision of educational equity for all students.
B) celebrating various ethnic holidays.
C) using texts with multi-ethnic pictures.
D) having students from various cultures in the same classroom.

Answer 2

the provision of educational equity for all students.

Question 3

Meeting the needs of diverse student populations is the development of

A) culturally appropriate practices.
B) developmentally appropriate practices.
C) morally responsive practices.
D) all of the above

Answer 3

culturally appropriate practices.

Question 4

Culturally responsive environments do all of the following except:

A) accept students' values.
B) accept all cultural non-verbal behavior.
C) encourage students' native speech patterns.
D) meet student's academic needs using existing instruction.

Question 5

Helping this student see ways that assignments are relevant to their lives and personal interests can stimulate their creative powers.

A) Special Education
B) Gifted
C) English as a Second Language
D) Ethnically diverse

Question 6

The following event challenges teachers to provide instruction to appropriate fit each child's background.

A) English as a second Language
B) diversity
C) school-to-school mobility
D) inclusion

Question 7

Establishing a culturally responsive environment

A) creates a zone of comfort for students.
B) creates a zone of comfort for teachers.
C) both A and B

Question 8

Multicultural education seeks to provide equity for all students by

A) drawing on insights of history.
B) using insights from women's studies.
C) using insights from social and behavioral sciences.
D) all of the above

Question 9

Today's diverse students are in sharp contrast to

A) the predominance of low-income females in today's classroom.
B) the majority of white, female, middle class teachers in today's classrooms.
C) the veteran teachers in today's classrooms.
D) mainstream cultural expectations in today's classroom.

Question 10

The contrast in diversity between learners and teachers results in

A) different views on what the outcomes of education should be.
B) differing views on what the standards should be.
C) different views on what constitutes appropriate instruction.
D) different opinions o what constitutes appropriate behavior.

Question 11

All youths from similar racial home-language groups share

A) similar experiences.
B) views and values.
C) similar perspectives.
D) none of the above

Question 12

African American learners are more likely than white learners to

A) live in poverty.
B) live in rural areas.
C) live with fathers only.
D) complete high school.
E) all of the above

Question 13

The following Supreme Court decision led to the dismantling of segregated schools:

A) Milliken v. Bradley.
B) Lau v. Nichols.
C) Roe v. Wade.
D) Brown v. Board of Education.

Question 14

In order to adequately plan for a group of learners, the teacher must know the

A) professional organization standards.
B) state standards.
C) the learners' background.
D) the academic level of the learners' parents.

Question 15

In order to learn more about the cultural difference of the learners they teach, the teacher must have

A) an attitude of inquiry.
B) thick-skin, for there will be rebuffs.
C) an open mind.
D) all of the above
E) none of the above, the information will come as the class unfolds

Question 16

A brief history of attitudes toward minority-group learners helps to understand why minority groups have not done well in school. The three main explanations are listed below:

A) genetic-deficit view, cultural-deficit view, socio-economic-deficit view.
B) cultural-deficit view, socio-economic view, communication-process position.
C) communication-process position, cultural-deficit view, genetic-deficit view.
D) genetic-deficit view, language-deficit view, cultural-deficit view.

Question 17

All students can learn has become a hallmark of which of the following educational movements:

A) education-reform movement.
B) charter school movement.
C) progressivism movement.
D) reconstructionist movement.

Question 18

The following idea presupposes that certain minority groups are predisposed to success.

A) cultural-deficit
B) genetic- deficit
C) congenital deficit
D) communication-process position

Question 19

Successes of the efforts to desegregate schools have been limited by which of the following?

A) school to-school mobility
B) local control of schools
C) de-facto segregation
D) all of the above

Question 20

Milligan v. Bradley Supreme Court decision affected schools in the following way:

A) in-school segregation.
B) establishment of magnet schools.
C) restricting busing to inside district transport.
D) inspiration for the charter school movement.

Question 21

Within-school segregation along racial, cultural, and gender occurs more in

A) middle school.
B) high school.
C) all levels.
D) kindergarten.

Question 22

The argument that some minority groups do not do well in school because the parents do not provide an intellectually stimulating environment is known as the

A) language deficit view.
B) cultural-deficit view.
C) genetic deficit view.
D) communication-process position.

Question 23

Low socio-economic and minority student scoring lower on achievement tests

A) has raised concern about direct instruction among groups of learners.
B) is know as the achievement gap.
C) shows percentages that are no more than twice that of white learners.
D) all of the above

Question 24

An overview of the history of education reveals that

A) American education developed as a reaction against European educational traditions.
B) Native American schools were developed to preserve Native American culture.
C) the white, European-based culture was the foundation for the "true" American culture.
D) all of the above

Question 25

Accommodating learning styles suggests that lesson should

A) allow individuals to approach content differently.
B) match instructional strategies with learners style preference.
C) both A and B
D) neither A nor B

Question 26

Have the students identify the different people that benefit from a culturally responsive learning environment and then explain the benefits.

Question 27

Explain the approaches to accommodating gifted learners in the classroom, contrasting the two major approaches.

Question 28

Provide a constructed response to the following statement: Desegregation of schools occurred swiftly and without conflict.

Question 29

Debate the existence of the "demographic divide," identifying it, then focusing on projections for ameliorating the differences.

Question 30

In a reflective essay, the student discusses concerns about working with students from diverse cultures and what needs to be done ensure that they are prepared to teach in a diverse classroom.

Question 31

Develop an argument explaining why desegregation of schools has not been as successful as was hoped.

Question 32

In 500 words, discuss the relationship of "de facto segregation" and "magnet schools."

Question 33

Construct an argument for or against grouping students according to student needs.

Question 34

Construct an argument for or against grouping students according to test scores.

Question 35

Students reflect on grouping or other categorizing situations to which they have been assigned. Discuss how they felt while going through the experience and compare that with how they feel about it now that they are distanced from the event.