Foundations of Education Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Foundations of Education explores the historical, philosophical, social, and cultural roots of education, providing students with an understanding of how these factors influence contemporary educational theory, policy, and practice. The course examines seminal thinkers, significant movements, and key issues in education, encouraging students to critically analyze the purposes and functions of schooling in a diverse society. Through reflection and discussion, students will develop a foundational framework for understanding their roles as educators and the impact of education on individuals and communities.
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A Guidance Approach for the Encouraging Classroom 6th Edition by Dan Gartrell
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Chapter 1: The Guidance Tradition
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Q1) Compare Piaget's constructivist approaches to the classroom environment with those in the NAEYC document on guidance practices.
Answer: The basic perspective of constructivist education is that the child creates knowledge by interacting with the social and physical environment.This knowledge is not a product conferred on a child but is the meaning that the child creates from experience.Piaget emphasized that the maturing child learned best by interacting with the environment.
All individuals in a classroom are empowered.Interactive learning is a progressive process of construction using developmentally appropriate activities,which incorporates differences in learners and their emotional,social,and cultural needs.
Q2) Assertive discipline and obedience-based systems
A)Support developmentally appropriate practice
B)Use a system of rewards and punishments
C)Holds that the adult should guide the child,rather than discipline the child
D)Stems from the belief that human nature has the potential for good
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Child Development and Guidance
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Q1) Before children grow into Piaget's "concrete operations" stage,their social understanding
A)is limited
B)is based on prior experience
C)reflects understanding of the dynamics of the situation
D)grows from competitive experiences
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following is one of the five components of emotional intelligence?
A)physiological well-being
B)knowing one's emotions
C)scaffolding
D)equilibrium
Answer: B
Q3) Erik Erikson believed that healthy personal development
A)develops only in enriched environments
B)comes from the resolution of universal inner conflicts
C)results from the complete resolution of unmet
D)comes from narrowing the focus of experiences and self initiative
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Mistaken Behaviorchallenging Behavior
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Q1) Which of the following early childhood program offers comprehensive services to the family as well as to the child?
A)kindergarten
B)private preschool program
C)Head Start
D)public preschool programs
Answer: C
Q2) When a child reacts to another child by biting or having a tantrum to get what the child wants,it is an example of which of the following types of aggression?
A)genetically determined aggression
B)reactive aggression
C)interactive aggression
D)instrumental agression
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Guidance: The Bottom Line
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Q1) 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
Q2) 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
Q3) 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
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Chapter 5: Organizing the Encouraging Classroom
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Q1) Which of the following terms applies to the inappropriate pressures "officials" place on schools?
A)performance-based instruction
B)political accountability
C)educational accountability
D)ethical conduct
Q2) How does the teacher encourage family members to become engaged with the program?
Q3) Which of the following regarding learning centers is manifest in guidance classrooms?
A)They are a distraction to teacher.
B)They are a distraction to the students.
C)They are the physical embodiment of developmentally appropriate practice.
D)Parents object to the use of the learning center in the guidance classroom.
Q4) Pressures from No Child Left Behind (NCLB)have
A)created more authentic assessment in early childhood classrooms.
B)made developmentally responsive teaching more difficult for many teachers.
C)identified critical areas of unresponsive education
D)significantly increased the quality of early childhood education
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Chapter 6: Managing the Encouraging Classroom
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Q1) A hallmark of the encouraging classroom is
A)the sense of order and continuity to the program.
B)accommodation to the entire range of developmental responses
C)rest periods that serve to restore a sense of equilibrium for children and teachers.
D)all of the above
Q2) Which of the following will help children to transition well from one activity to another?
A)all of these answers
B)giving children a five-minute notice before the transition
C)modeling enthusiasm for the cleanup process
D)singing a cleanup song with the children
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a reason why large-group instruction may fail?
A)Children are "over taught and under practiced ".
B)Children are mischievous and will not sit still long enough to hear instructions.
C)Children absorb the information but do not have the opportunity to construct their own knowledge from it.
D)Children are not fully able to "own" the learning,make sense of it and value it.
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Chapter 7: Leadership Communication With the Group
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT a strategy to use when teachers face squabbles among students who exclude those other than their friends from play?
A)use the teacher's leadership to structure small-group experiences that transcend usual social circles
B)use class meetings and curriculum to teach friendliness
C)establish a guidelines of friendliness
D)contact parent of students involved in the exclusionary tactics
Q2) Which of the following is NOT something the teacher needs to know when sending notes home to parents?
A)Some parents will forget or misplace the note
B)Delivery rates of notes sent home are seldom 100%
C)Parents do not wish to be informed unless done so by phone
D)Some parents are nonreaders.
Q3) Use of which of the following is deemed MOST appropriate when encouraging young children?
A)stickers
B)personal encouragement
C)certificate of merit
D)yelling
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Chapter 8: Leadership Communication With the Individual
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Q1) A teacher can help a child discharge pent up emotions and feelings.
A)by having the child's classmates discuss problems or concerns the child may have
B)by listening to life experiences of the child
C)by providing contact talks,i.e.personal "quality time" to children
D)both b and c
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a recommended method of avoiding burnout?
A)setting personal limits
B)counseling
C)exercising
D)taking a leave of absence from the duties in the classroom
Q3) What is a compliment sandwich?
A)compliments given to children after a mistaken behavior
B)food used during morning snack time to encourage students to move to the afternoon activities
C)a technique for teachers that enables them to provide a focused means of giving encouragement with guidance to children
D)a means of encouraging parents to guide their children more effectively once they are given a compliment on their child's behavior from the teacher
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Chapter 9: Using Conflict Management
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Q1) How does violence affect children's social problem-solving approach?
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a recommended strategy for working with custodial grandparents?
A)Collaborate with other agencies to line up services and service-advocacy for grandparents.
B)Discourage grandparents from reading children's books about family relationships to share with grandchildren.
C)Provide information about your program in "grandparent-friendly" ways.
D)Introduce grandparents to others in similar circumstances
Q3) In which is the teacher least involved?
A)parent-teacher conference
B)low-level mediation
C)high-level mediation
D)child negotiation
Q4) Teachers should guide children to progress from
A)child negotiation to high-level mediation to low-level mediation.
B)high-level mediation to low-level mediation to child negotiation.
C)low-level mediation to high-level mediation to child negotiation.
D)child negotiation to low-level mediation to high-level mediation.
Q5) What do teachers need to know about two trends in family diversity?
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Chapter 10: Problem-Solving Mistaken Behavior
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Q1) Which is NOT a step of problem solving with parents?
A)describing the situation in terms of a problem caused by the child
B)generating multiple solutions
C)discussing the implementation of solutions
D)meeting again
Q2) How does the teacher respond to mistaken behaviors reported by children?
Q3) How do nonverbal techniques act as a quick intervention strategy?
Q4) Why should teachers take the time to problem-solve mistaken behavior?
Q5) Which is not a situation that requires thought about whether to intervene?
A)bossiness
B)marginal mistaken behaviors
C)serious mistaken behaviors
D)arguments
Q6) The first degree in putting choices to children is
A)inviting choices
B)requesting choices
C)commanding choices
D)demanding an action
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Chapter 11: Guidance Through Intervention
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Q1) How does commanding cooperation differ from issuing an ultimatum?
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a step of the Individual Guidance Plan (IGP)process?
A)implementing a guidance plan
B)generalizing the guidance plan
C)holding an IGP meeting
D)monitoring the guidance plan
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a form of separation?
A)redirection
B)passive bear hug
C)time-out
D)cooling-down time
Q4) Why is physical restraint the method of last resort when dealing with mistaken behavior?
Q5) Which of the following is NOT a recommended strategy for addressing a situation in which the teacher and parents do not agree?
A)utilizing negative dissonance
B)modeling reflective listening
C)switching to mediation
D)inviting continued involvement
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Chapter 12: Liberation Teaching: A Guidance Response
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Q1) If a program does not allow for the activity levels of young children,the children will
A)engage in quiet responses to daily activities
B)find ways to engage in boisterous activity
C)increase their fine motor skills through controlled activities
D)react in chronic mistaken behaviors
Q2) Which of the following is a teacher behavior that stigmatizes?
A)establishing psychological distance from a child
B)establishing close ties with all children in the classroom
C)treating children inclusively
D)treating children equally
Q3) A liberating response
A)empowers the child's abilities.
B)uses forms of discipline that punish
C)ignores the child's background.
D)educates away from empathetic responses.
Q4) Why is liberation teaching important to the encouraging classroom?
Q5) How are children in the classroom affected by violence in society?
Q6) How is liberation teaching a response to societal violence?
Q7) What is the liberation teaching response to bullying?
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