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1
How can social foundations study help teachers better support student learning?
A)It helps teachers to understand that culture is everyone's primary context.
B)It enables teachers to bridge the cultural gap between school and child.
C)It makes teachers more effective because it allows them to understand their students better.
D)All the answers are correct.
2
An explanation of how social foundations study can lead to tangible results in school is referred to as
A)a critical theory.
B)classical theory.
C)a theory of impact.
D)cultural pedagogy.
3
Learning environments that provide high-quality instruction to low-income youth
A)have been shown to not be worth tax-payers' dollars because the results are mixed.
B)are not prevalent, despite the evidence of high-level learning results.
C)are prevalent even though no independent research has been done to test their outcomes.
D)are not widespread, because people are not yet sure what factors make up a successful environment.
4
The authors believe that of the three main reasons that a teacher decides to teach,
A)the "mostly about me" teachers are too selfish to ever really become effective teachers.
B)the "mostly about the kids" teachers don't understand the true mission of teaching.
C)the "mostly about social change" teachers have the truest motivation and will likely be the most successful.
D)that none should be judged better than any other and that there should be no hierarchy among them.
5
Teachers without a theory of impact
A)cannot make the jump to educational administration.
B)are decidedly "mostly about me" teachers.
C)risk going through the motions and being disappointed in what they actually achieve.
D)All the answers are correct.
6
A teacher who has studied social foundations of education understands that
A)skill level indicates the kinds of learning a student has had, rather than the student's ability to learn.
B)skill level is mostly about a student's ability to learn.
C)ability to learn is mostly influenced by genetics.
D)despite the importance of cultural context, it does not play a role in how a student learns academic material.
7
The Consortium on Chicago School Research is primarily interested in
A)ESL instruction.
B)professional learning communities.
C)multicultural education.
D)Head Start projects.
8
Schools are controlled by
A)those who are motivated to effect change in the social order.
B)those who seek to overturn the power structure that controls the social order.
C)those who benefit from the social order as it is.
D)those who are not and should not be concerned with the social order.
9
Teacher leadership
A)is necessary if schools are to achieve their goals.
B)has proven crucial in schools that are successful despite the presence of poverty.
C)is the willingness of teachers to take responsibility for school outcomes outside of their own classrooms.
D)All the answers are correct.
10
Those teachers who "teach to change the world"
A)have the highest level of ethics.
B)are more effective teachers because their mission is spelled out for them.
C)can be easily disappointed when they realize how difficult their mission is.
D)are less effective because they lose their focus on the children.





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