Teaching as a Profession Exam (correct answers)
What does pedagogy mean? correct answers The art and science of teaching; how
someone teaches, methods, and strategies someone uses in the classroom
Who was Reverend Samuel Hall? correct answers He established the first school to
prepare students to be teachers, which he then called a norma; school. It was a private
school
Who was Horace Mann? correct answers He was the man to open the first public
normal school for students who wanted to become teachers in Lexington, MA.
What is the significance of the Carnegie report, "A Nation Prepared"? correct answers It
was a report that said teachers needed to have higher standards which later helped
extraordinary teachers get nationally certified
What is considered a traditional pathway to becoming a teacher? correct answers Go to
a four year college and get a degree
What are other pathways to become a teacher? correct answers GATAPP which is for
career changers, Teach For America (TFA) which is for student teachers who are
assigned to teach in low income areas and go straight into the classroom, and then
there is Teacher Residency which is for student teachers but they shadow another
teacher before being put into the classroom
What are the National Board of Professional Teaching standards? correct answers 1.
Teachers are committed to students and their learning
2. Teachers know the subjects they teach and how to teach those subjects to students
3. Teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring student learning
4. Teachers think systematically about their practice and learn from experience
They outline what a teacher should know and be able to do; national level certification to
teachers with high level skills and only 3% pass
What are the teaching dispositions? correct answers 1. Empathy
2. Positive view of others
3. Positive view of self
4. Authenticity
5. Meaningful purpose and vision
Define Empathy correct answers the ability to understand and share feelings will co-
workers or troubled students
Define Positive View Of Others correct answers Believing in the worth, ability, and
potential of others which is a key to learning
Define Positive View of Self correct answers Having an established self-concept that is
fundamentally positive and provides and overall sense of self-adequacy
Define Authenticity correct answers Feeling a sense of freedom and openness that
enables the teacher to be a unique person in honesty and genuineness; Does not feel
that one must "play a role" to be effective
Define Meaningful Purpose and Vision correct answers Seeks to identify, clarify, and
intensify knowledge and personal beliefs about what is really most important
What is the purpose of organizations such as NEA, PAGE, GAE, and Educators Rising?
correct answers To teach students how to become teachers and to support them in their
, work and needs. They are also there to provide teacher insurance to make sure they
are covered in the event of any sort of legal case
What does GAE stand for? correct answers Georgia Association of Educators
What does NEA stand for? correct answers National Education Association
What did FEA stand for? correct answers Future Educators Association?
What did FEA turn into? correct answers Educators Rising
What does PAGE stand for? correct answers Professional Association of Georgia
Educators
What does PDK stand for? correct answers Phi Delta Kappa International
What does FGE stand for? correct answers Future Georgia Educators?
What are motor skills? correct answers Skills that requires an action that involves the
movement of a person's muscles
How are motor skills important in a baby's development? correct answers It helps a
baby manipulate and feel different textures so they can incorporate their sense and use
their arms and legs to identify senses
Give an example of a Kinesthetic activity correct answers Having the kids sing "heads,
shoulders, knees, and toes" while standing and pointing to the body parts
Give an example of a Visual activity correct answers Using a PowerPoint or Prezi
presentation
Give an example of a Auditory activity correct answers Reading a book out-loud in class
What was the Heinz Experiment? correct answers An experiment talking about the
moral levels of people; story about the man's wife dying and doctor doesn't give him the
cure which the man cannot pay for so the man kills the doctor (did the man do a right
thing?)
Who conducted the Heinz Experiment? correct answers Kohlberg
What did the Heinz Experiment prove? correct answers That not everything is based on
right vs wrong but more on personal levels and that people need to develop their own
opinions but that this doesn't always happens
What are the steps to the Heinz Experiment? correct answers 1. Pre-conventional-
physical consequences (spanking)
2. Conventional- world's right vs wrong (seeking approval and understanding social
order)
3. Post-conventional- own, personal opinions and views on right vs wrong and decisions
are based on moral reasoning
What are Erikson's 5 stages of development and what is involved in each stage? correct
answers 1. Trust vs Mistrust (0-18 months): Knowing who to trust
2. Autonomy vs Shame (18 months-3 years): freedom to be creative or shameful of your
actions
3. Initiative vs Guilt (3-5 years): starting new things, asking questions or not wanting to
do independent things
4. Industry vs Inferiority (5-13 years): looking for societal acceptance (tween years)
5. Identity vs Role Conclusion (13-21 years): acceptance of self or where do I fit in?
What did the Bobo doll experiment prove? correct answers That children who observe
authoritative adults actions are going to re-enact those actions (AMIM- Attention,
Memory, Imitate, Motivated)
Who conducted the Bobo experiment? correct answers Bandura
What does pedagogy mean? correct answers The art and science of teaching; how
someone teaches, methods, and strategies someone uses in the classroom
Who was Reverend Samuel Hall? correct answers He established the first school to
prepare students to be teachers, which he then called a norma; school. It was a private
school
Who was Horace Mann? correct answers He was the man to open the first public
normal school for students who wanted to become teachers in Lexington, MA.
What is the significance of the Carnegie report, "A Nation Prepared"? correct answers It
was a report that said teachers needed to have higher standards which later helped
extraordinary teachers get nationally certified
What is considered a traditional pathway to becoming a teacher? correct answers Go to
a four year college and get a degree
What are other pathways to become a teacher? correct answers GATAPP which is for
career changers, Teach For America (TFA) which is for student teachers who are
assigned to teach in low income areas and go straight into the classroom, and then
there is Teacher Residency which is for student teachers but they shadow another
teacher before being put into the classroom
What are the National Board of Professional Teaching standards? correct answers 1.
Teachers are committed to students and their learning
2. Teachers know the subjects they teach and how to teach those subjects to students
3. Teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring student learning
4. Teachers think systematically about their practice and learn from experience
They outline what a teacher should know and be able to do; national level certification to
teachers with high level skills and only 3% pass
What are the teaching dispositions? correct answers 1. Empathy
2. Positive view of others
3. Positive view of self
4. Authenticity
5. Meaningful purpose and vision
Define Empathy correct answers the ability to understand and share feelings will co-
workers or troubled students
Define Positive View Of Others correct answers Believing in the worth, ability, and
potential of others which is a key to learning
Define Positive View of Self correct answers Having an established self-concept that is
fundamentally positive and provides and overall sense of self-adequacy
Define Authenticity correct answers Feeling a sense of freedom and openness that
enables the teacher to be a unique person in honesty and genuineness; Does not feel
that one must "play a role" to be effective
Define Meaningful Purpose and Vision correct answers Seeks to identify, clarify, and
intensify knowledge and personal beliefs about what is really most important
What is the purpose of organizations such as NEA, PAGE, GAE, and Educators Rising?
correct answers To teach students how to become teachers and to support them in their
, work and needs. They are also there to provide teacher insurance to make sure they
are covered in the event of any sort of legal case
What does GAE stand for? correct answers Georgia Association of Educators
What does NEA stand for? correct answers National Education Association
What did FEA stand for? correct answers Future Educators Association?
What did FEA turn into? correct answers Educators Rising
What does PAGE stand for? correct answers Professional Association of Georgia
Educators
What does PDK stand for? correct answers Phi Delta Kappa International
What does FGE stand for? correct answers Future Georgia Educators?
What are motor skills? correct answers Skills that requires an action that involves the
movement of a person's muscles
How are motor skills important in a baby's development? correct answers It helps a
baby manipulate and feel different textures so they can incorporate their sense and use
their arms and legs to identify senses
Give an example of a Kinesthetic activity correct answers Having the kids sing "heads,
shoulders, knees, and toes" while standing and pointing to the body parts
Give an example of a Visual activity correct answers Using a PowerPoint or Prezi
presentation
Give an example of a Auditory activity correct answers Reading a book out-loud in class
What was the Heinz Experiment? correct answers An experiment talking about the
moral levels of people; story about the man's wife dying and doctor doesn't give him the
cure which the man cannot pay for so the man kills the doctor (did the man do a right
thing?)
Who conducted the Heinz Experiment? correct answers Kohlberg
What did the Heinz Experiment prove? correct answers That not everything is based on
right vs wrong but more on personal levels and that people need to develop their own
opinions but that this doesn't always happens
What are the steps to the Heinz Experiment? correct answers 1. Pre-conventional-
physical consequences (spanking)
2. Conventional- world's right vs wrong (seeking approval and understanding social
order)
3. Post-conventional- own, personal opinions and views on right vs wrong and decisions
are based on moral reasoning
What are Erikson's 5 stages of development and what is involved in each stage? correct
answers 1. Trust vs Mistrust (0-18 months): Knowing who to trust
2. Autonomy vs Shame (18 months-3 years): freedom to be creative or shameful of your
actions
3. Initiative vs Guilt (3-5 years): starting new things, asking questions or not wanting to
do independent things
4. Industry vs Inferiority (5-13 years): looking for societal acceptance (tween years)
5. Identity vs Role Conclusion (13-21 years): acceptance of self or where do I fit in?
What did the Bobo doll experiment prove? correct answers That children who observe
authoritative adults actions are going to re-enact those actions (AMIM- Attention,
Memory, Imitate, Motivated)
Who conducted the Bobo experiment? correct answers Bandura
