Teacher Education Seminar
Final Exam
Course Introduction
The Teacher Education Seminar is designed to provide aspiring educators with practical knowledge, professional skills, and reflective practices essential for success in modern classrooms. Through interactive discussions, collaborative activities, and mentorship opportunities, participants will explore key themes such as curriculum development, instructional strategies, classroom management, assessment techniques, and the integration of technology. The seminar emphasizes ethical responsibilities, culturally responsive teaching, and continuous professional growth, fostering a supportive community where future teachers can share experiences, address challenges, and prepare for their student teaching placements and beyond.
Recommended Textbook Marshs Becoming a Teacher 6th Edition by Maggie Clarke
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Chapter 1: What Is Teaching All About
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Q1) According to Brighouse (1995), effective teachers need to have intellectual curiosity and:
A) a keen eye for change in students.
B) an interest in their students.
C) knowledge of students' interests.
D) a passion for teaching.
Answer: A
Q2) Hattie's (2003) meta-analysis of 500 000 studies found that effective teachers:
A) admit their weaknesses and take risks.
B) can communicate effectively with students with a range of abilities.
C) are proficient in creating optimal classroom climates for learning.
D) enjoy working with their teaching peers.
Answer: C
Q3) The paradoxical nature of teaching means it is important for pre-service teachers and beginning teachers to:
A) rely on their common sense.
B) critically examine findings from research and observation.
C) copy what more experienced teachers do.
D) use trial and error to determine what works.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: How Students Develop and Learn
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Q1) One difference between the theories of Bruner and Vygotsky is that:
A) Vygotsky focused more on the social world of the child.
B) Bruner placed more importance on scaffolding students' efforts.
C) only Bruner identified stages of growth.
D) Vygotsky placed more emphasis on discovery learning.
Answer: A
Q2) Is the following statement True or False? 'Erickson saw the tension between negative and positive polarities as necessary for healthy psychosocial development.'
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Is the following statement True or False? 'Kohlberg believed that teachers should intervene to accelerate children's progression through the three stages of moral reasoning.'
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Learner Motivation and Developing Self-Esteem
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Q1) Is the following statement True or False? 'Students' achievement motivation decreases in Grade/Years 7-11 (ages 13-17).'
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) To maintain equity, teachers should:
A) develop cooperative team projects.
B) eliminate physical discomfort.
C) set meaningful goals.
D) be inclusive in the use of praise and support.
Answer: D
Q3) Within the context of extrinsic motivation, which of these would not be a secondary reinforcer?
A) A smile.
B) Food and drink.
C) Tangible rewards.
D) Time-out.
Answer: B
Q4) What are three explanations students might give for lack of achievement?
Answer: Lack of effort; lack of ability; luck; difficulty of the task.
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Chapter 4: Learning Environments
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Q1) Provide an overview of each of the following learning settings and describe any benefits or challenges for each:
-Ability grouping.
-Single-sex education.
-Service learning.
Q2) It has been claimed that single-sex schools:
A) are the result of concerns about girls' underachievement relative to that of boys.
B) enable teachers to challenge some boys' stereotypical responses to some subjects.
C) enable boys to share their feelings and emotions without embarrassment.
D) enable students to study a curriculum that is gender based.
Q3) If abnormally high or low temperatures prevail, teachers should:
A) adjust instructional activities to suit.
B) remove students from the classroom.
C) seek advice from school leaders.
D) encourage students to keep busy.
Q4) What are community schools?
Q5) What are three questions a teacher should ask when evaluating the use of classroom space?
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Chapter 5: The Australian Curriculum
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Q1) A common theme in the Melbourne Declaration and the work of other cited authors was the importance in developing a national curriculum of:
A) a traditional, cognitive, discipline-oriented approach.
B) an interdisciplinary, process-oriented, problem-solving approach.
C) a competency-based approach.
D) an internationally competitive approach.
Q2) Shortly after being elected, the Rudd Labor government announced:
A) a policy entitled 'Establishing a national curriculum to improve our children's educational outcomes'.
B) the creation of a National Curriculum Board.
C) a policy entitled 'No Child Left Behind'.
D) the creation of a National Standards Board.
Q3) Write a letter to parents explaining the role of General Capabilities and Cross-Curriculum Priorities in the Australian Curriculum. Choose one Cross-Curriculum Priority and explain how you might incorporate it into your teaching of one curriculum area.
Q4) What are two criticisms that some theorists have made about the theoretical basis of the Australian Curriculum?
Q5) What were three of the reasons given in 2008 for needing a national curriculum?
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Chapter 6: Exploring and Contesting Curriculum
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Q1) According to Tapscott (2007), curriculum is now dominated by:
A) government priorities.
B) parental demands.
C) the internet.
D) students' interests.
Q2) A criterion that teachers would not normally keep in mind when formulating their curricula is:
A) competition.
B) integration.
C) sequence.
D) variety and relevance.
Q3) The authors of this textbook define curriculum as 'an interrelated set of planned content and experiences in which a student engages within the context of the school and under the guidance of teachers' (p .91). They then go on to amplify and illustrate the meaning of the definition. Explain your understanding of the meaning of each part of this definition and compare and contrast this definition with one other definition of curriculum found in Chapter 6.
Q4) Drawing on what you have learnt about curriculum in Australia, discuss the relationship between high stakes testing and curriculum.
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Chapter 7: Planning and Preparing for Teaching
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Q1) One reason that lesson plans are important is that they enable each teacher to:
A) continue work from a previous lesson.
B) develop a clear idea of the purpose of a lesson.
C) repeat the lesson the following year.
D) teach unfamiliar material.
Q2) Explain why teachers need to engage in planning and key principles that should inform planning. Explain how you would incorporate two of the principles in planning a lesson on a topic of your choice.
Q3) In the first stage in the backward design model to unit planning there are four filters. 'Determining the extent to which the idea, topic or process offer potential to engage students' is:
A) Filter 1.
B) Filter 2.
C) Filter 3.
D) Filter 4.
Q4) When planning for the diverse abilities of students teachers would not:
A) use a range of resources.
B) ensure prescribed textbooks are clear and accessible.
C) design verbal and written assignments.
D) use mini-workshops.
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Chapter 8: Organising Classroom Structures and Routines
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Q1) Which of the following theorists' work on the use of democratic procedures in classrooms contributed to thinking about cooperative learning?
A) Thelan.
B) Arends.
C) Dewey.
D) Slavin.
Q2) An argument against streamed classes is:
A) they are more difficult for teachers.
B) students can become demoralised.
C) students of similar ability cannot learn from each other.
D) they are time consuming to organise.
Q3) In his key tasks for organising schools, Danielson (2002) did not include:
A) high-level learning for all students.
B) a flexible and individualised approach to instruction.
C) a safe and positive environment.
D) a culture of work and opportunities.
Q4) What are three strategies teachers might use to maintain whole-class attention?
Q5) What are two ways of working that you might see in a differentiated classroom?
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Chapter 9: Planning to Achieve Goals, Aims, Objectives,
Outcomes and Standards
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Q1) In Benjamin Bloom's (1956) six basic objectives for the cognitive domain, objectives that ask students to produce something new by combining pieces or elements fit within the:
A) application domain.
B) comprehension domain.
C) evaluation domain.
D) synthesis domain.
Q2) Goals and aims are:
A) descriptions of what students should learn.
B) overview statements about curriculum.
C) statements of the purposes of schooling or a program.
D) general directions for pedagogical approaches.
Q3) According to Spady (1993), outcomes-based education (OBE) means focusing and organising a school's entire program and instructional efforts around the clearly defined outcomes we want all students to demonstrate:
A) while they are at school.
B) when they leave school.
C) in the workforce.
D) in their personal lives.
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Q4) What are two criticisms that have been made of outcomes-based education (OBE)?
Chapter 10: Communicating Effectively
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Q1) The valuative question below is:
A) What is the sum of 25 and 28?
B) Which of these designs do you prefer?
C) Who likes ice-cream?
D) If you put a paper clip into water will it float or sink?
Q2) Which of the following is not one of the three sets of skills involved in communication?
A) Language skills.
B) Social skills.
C) Psychomotor skills.
D) Cognitive skills.
Q3) Wait-time, the pause between a teacher's question and the student's response, should be at least:
A) 2 seconds.
B) 3 seconds.
C) 4 seconds.
D) 5 seconds.
Q4) Write two questions on the topic of pollution, one that would be classified within Bloom's taxonomy as a 'comprehension' question and one that would be classified as an 'application' question.
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Chapter 11: Pedagogy, Teaching and Learning
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Q1) Divergent questions are ones that:
A) mainly recall facts.
B) allow new directions in answers.
C) lead to expected answers.
D) are succinct and specific.
Q2) An approach to teaching and learning that could be used with the total class, small groups or an individual is:
A) lecturing.
B) problem solving/inquiry.
C) directed questioning.
D) cooperative learning.
Q3) Is the following statement True or False? 'Researchers at the University of Melbourne (2012) found that 69% of teachers reported that national testing (NAPLAN) had increased the amount of time that they spent teaching subjects that are not tested.'
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is one advantage and one disadvantage of online discussion?
Q5) What are two factors that may influence teachers' use of technology?
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Chapter 12: Classroom Management
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Q1) In designing approaches to classroom management, Charles (2007) suggests that teachers:
A) consult parents about their needs, likes and dislikes.
B) ask students about their needs, likes and dislikes.
C) reflect on their own needs, likes and dislikes.
D) consult other teachers about their needs, likes and dislikes.
Q2) Which of the following demonstrates the way rules and routines should be phrased?
A) Walk in the classroom.
B) Do not disturb others.
C) Leaving the room without permission is not allowed.
D) Please do not leave bags in the walkways.
Q3) Is the following statement True or False? 'Giving students additional school work is an appropriate intervention measure for misbehaviour.'
A)True
B)False
Q4) To what should teachers refer when trying to resolve major management issues caused by male/female and cultural tensions within the classroom?
Q5) List the five key behaviours used by assertive teachers.
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Chapter 13: Using Resources Creatively
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Q1) When using a guest speaker as part of a teaching program it is important to:
A) allow them to determine the length of time for which they speak.
B) allow them to choose the topic.
C) provide them with background information.
D) assume they will have good communication skills.
Q2) An activity that is not normally included as one of the three parts into which learning activities associated with a field trip are divided is:
A) preliminary preparation.
B) locating and accessing resources.
C) learning activities on the trip.
D) follow-up work.
Q3) When choosing fiction books to use as resources, a criterion that would not be used is:
A) the value of the information presented.
B) the extent to which the material is developmentally appropriate.
C) the literary value of the material.
D) the age of the material.
Q4) What are three things that teachers need to consider then choosing which textbook activities students should complete?
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Chapter 14: Meeting the Diverse Needs of Students
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Q1) Is the following statement True or False? 'Research has shown that identifying students' learning styles produces better achievement outcomes.'
A)True
B)False
Q2) Students whose preferred learning style is psychological prefer to:
A) work while listening to music.
B) finish a task before moving on to the next.
C) take a step-by-step approach.
D) be physically active.
Q3) Why would many teachers find it difficult to cater for students' diverse needs and abilities by preparing separate activities for each student in the class?
Q4) Using reading materials at different levels based upon student readiness is a strategy for differentiating:
A) content.
B) process.
C) product.
D) objectives.
Q5) How did Tomlinson (1999) define the term 'differentiated classroom'?
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Chapter 15: Developing Knowledgeable, Responsible and Caring Students
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Q1) The practice of teaching students about the virtuous deeds and actions of famous people is used in some schools as part of:
A) character education.
B) moral education.
C) service learning.
D) values education.
Q2) The report on the Values in Action Schools Project (2008-2009) concluded that values education impacted on student learning in five ways. One of these ways is 'transformation' which means that students and teachers:
A) have an increased awareness of values.
B) have improved capacity to make responsible choices.
C) develop positive relationships.
D) are willing to try changes in aspects of classroom-based practices.
Q3) Is this statement True or False? 'The Australian Curriculum identifies nine values that should be taught by schools.'
A)True
B)False
Q4) How did Goleman (1995) define social and emotional learning (SEL)?
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Chapter 16: Parents and Caregivers Partnerships With Schools
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Q1) Henderson et als' (2007) typology depicted four different types of parent participation in schools. In a 'partnership school' you would be unlikely to find:
A) members of the school community able to use buildings.
B) community members tutoring in homework groups.
C) twice-yearly opportunities for parents to discuss their child's progress with teachers.
D) a culture of collaboration.
Q2) Currently, the organisation at the national level that represents parents from non-government schools is the:
A) Australian Council of School Organisations.
B) Australian Parents Council.
C) Australian Council of School Organisations.,
D) Australian Association for Community Education.
Q3) Write a discussion paper for use in a staff meeting outlining the benefits and challenges of greater parent participation in schools.
Q4) What are two things that parents need to know about the education system in which their local school operates?
Q5) What is the difference between parental involvement and parental participation?
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Chapter 17: Assessment and Reporting
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Q1) Is the following statement True or False? 'In Australia, each state government can make the decision about whether schools have to use an A to E grading system for reporting student achievement in all key learning areas.'
A)True
B)False
Q2) Assessment that is used to check students' skills and understandings before beginning a unit of work so that the teacher can start the instruction at the level the students have reached is referred to as:
A) informal testing.
B) diagnostic assessment.
C) formative assessment.
D) summative assessment.
Q3) Which of the following would not normally be seen as one of the reasons for undertaking assessment?
A) Predicting future achievements.
B) Diagnosis of learning and monitoring progress.
C) Demonstrating the link between ability and success.
D) Diagnosis of teaching effectiveness.
Q4) Why is it important for teachers to keep records of assessment information?
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Chapter 18: Professional and Cultural Dimensions of Teaching
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Q1) What is your understanding of what comprises a school's culture? Use at least six of the 'manifestations' of school culture from Beare, Caldwell and Millikan's 'Framework for analysing school culture' (shown in Figure 18.3) to describe features of a school culture which you would find supportive as a beginning teacher.
Q2) One of the sources of teacher satisfaction in Australia has been found to be:
A) relationships with superiors and employers.
B) changing student behaviour and attitudes.
C) opportunities for promotion.
D) short working hours and long holidays.
Q3) According to researchers such as Orlich et al. (2009) one of the greatest challenges facing teachers in the 21st century is:
A) adopting information communication technologies.
B) meeting parental expectations.
C) responding to multiple reforms.
D) achieving a complex array of standards.
Q4) What are the responsibilities of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) established in 2010?
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Chapter 19: Equity, Ethics and Legal Issues in Teaching
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Q1) The fourth equity principle identified by the NSW Department of Education and Training in 2008 states: 'The diversity of the population is recognised and valued by '
A) clear pathways to employment and life-long learning.
B) inclusive approaches to development, conduct and evaluation of programs.
C) commitment to equity principles and practices.
D) allocation of public resources to narrowing gaps in education that reflect social inequalities.
Q2) What is one of the arguments Woods (2007) makes about problems with the benchmark standards used in NAPLAN testing?
Q3) In the five 'types of ethical decision-making' shown in Table 19.1, a teacher referring an ethical issue to a school counsellor is an example of:
A) open decision-making.
B) limited decision-making.
C) decision-making by the teacher.
D) security seeking.
Q4) To what extent is equity addressed as a separate issue in the Australian Curriculum?
Q5) What are the four key components in the definition of teacher negligence?
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Chapter 20: Teacher Standards
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Q1) Louden (2000) argued that the 'first wave' of standards frameworks developed in the 1990s were deficient in:
A) representing only a few of the duties teachers undertake.
B) providing too much contextual information.
C) describing a field of knowledge as if it were unproblematic.
D) focusing on specific rather than generic skills.
Q2) Is the following statement True or False? 'Any assessment of a graduate teacher against all focus areas for each of the 7 standards would require the collection of data on 37 elements.'
A)True
B)False
Q3) The 'first wave' of professional standards for teachers in the 1990s was largely:
A) outcomes-based.
B) competency-based.
C) subject-specific.
D) skills-based.
Q4) How do Gonczi, Hager and Oliver (1990) define a 'competent professional' and why do attributes need to underlie the concept of 'competence'?
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