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What is the name of the Organization of States that establishes performance based standards and licensure for teachers?
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
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What are the 5 standards critical to improving the learning of diverse students?
1. Joint Productive Activity
2. Language Development
3. Contextualization
4. Challenging Activities
5. Instructional conversation
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___ is about teachers and students facilitating learning.
a.Joint productive activity
b.Language development
c.Contextualization
d.Challenging Activities
e.Instructional Conversation
a. Joint Productive Activity
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___ improves competency in the language and literacy of instruction.
a.Joint productive activity
b.Language development
c.Contextualization
d.Challenging Activities
e.Instructional Conversation
b. Language Development
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___ is about connecting teaching and curriculum to students' lives gives meaning to the subjects being taught.
a.Joint productive activity
b.Language development
c.Contextualization
d.Challenging Activities
e.Instructional Conversation
c. Contextualization
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___ is teaching complex thinking that challenges students to develop cognitive complexity.
a.Joint productive activity
b.Language development
c.Contextualization
d.Challenging Activities
e.Instructional Conversation
d. Challenging Activities
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___ is teaching through conversation that engages students through dialogue.
a.Joint productive activity
b.Language development
c.Contextualization
d.Challenging Activities
e.Instructional Conversation
e. Instructional Conversation
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What are some ways that Teenagers recommend that Teachers show respect, trust, and fairness?
- *Being clear about expectations
- *Knowing the subject that you are teaching
- *Encourage them to do their best
- *Being prepared to teach every day
- *Making sure each student is learning
- *Grading fairly, not giving advantages to some students
- *Admitting when you have made a mistake
- *Not denigrating them
- *Not showing your biases in the classroom
- *Treating them like they are mature young people
- *Listening to them and asking what they think
- *caring about their lives
- *Not betraying their confidences
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____ is a creole of English with words and phrases from Hawaiian, Chinese, Japanese, Etc. (mixing english and other languages together)
Pidgin English
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What is a IEP?
an Individualized Education Plan; a written program required for all children with disabilities. It includes performance, goals, objectives, services needed, etc.
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What is Additive Bilingualism?
Learning of two languages where neither dominates the other
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Which Religious Denomination has the largest private education system in the world?
The Roman Catholic Church
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What is Nonverbal Communication?
the conveyance of messages without language, such as through attitude, personality, manner, and even dress
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What is a Magnet School?
schools where the curriculum emphasize a particular subject or field, such as performing arts or mathematics and science.
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Define Rural (a), Suburban (b), and Metropolitan (c)
- (a) - small towns with wide open space; farming
- (b) - communities surrounding a city; home to many city workers
- (c) - densly populated city with less populated suburbs
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Where is the least Racially diverse area of the country located?
New England
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Define Child Abuse
the physical or psychological mistreatment of a child
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What are some characteristics of at-risk children?
- sudden changes in behavior
- has not received help for physical or medical problem brought to parents attention
- seems very watchful, almost nervous
- lacks adult supervision
- is overly compliant, passive, or withdrawn
- comes to school or other activities early, stays late, and doesn't want to go home
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What is Title I?
provides a fair, equal opportunity for all children to receive a high-level of education
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What is Title VII?
prohibits employment discrimination based on religion, race, sex, etc.
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What is Title IX?
provides females equal access to all aspects of education, including the curriculum and athletics
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___ and ____ children are considered to have extraordinary abilities in one or more areas
Gifted; Talented
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What american school school districts have the largest ELL population?
Los Angeles Unified, New York, and Chicago
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What Religious Group is the largest in the United States?
Christian with Protestant Influence
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What is Intelligent Design?
suggests that only an intelligent being could have created a natural world that is so complex and so well ordered.
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______ is the area of the united states with the largest African American population.
The South
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What are Intellectual Disabilities?
Impaired intellectual functioning with limited adaptive behavior. Also referred to as "cognitive disabilities" and "mental retardation"
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When does Censorship occur?
when expressive materials such as books, magazines, films, videos, or works are removed because they are identified as disrespectful, destructive, obscene, etc.
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_______ includes many subregions with distinctive cultures with slow developing schools. 50% of the US African Americans live here.
The South
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____ have historically been stereotyped as poverty-stricken, violent, and lazy. School attendance is historically lower
Appalachia
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_____ was home to the early political centers of the European settlers. It is among the least racially diverse areas of the country.
New England and Mid-Atlantic
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______ has less ethnic and racial diversity than other areas of the country.
Great Plains and Midwest
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Half of __________ population have national orgins other than Western Europe.
South West
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_____ is more diverse than the rest of the country.
The West
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_____ is categorizing students according to disabilities and/or culture
Labeling
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____ is a method that gang members use to communicate and state claim to their territory.
Graffiti
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