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Question 1:

________ refers to the process of purposefully thinking about one’s teaching practice and actively considering whether it can be changed.
a) Recursive practice
b) Reactive practice
c) Reflective practice
d) Reflexive practice

Question 2:

The first pedagogical consideration of every teacher should be “I will do everything necessary to be the very best teacher I can be.”
a) True
b) False

Question 3:

________ contends that learning to read is comparable to learning to speak in that it is a natural and unconscious process best advanced by being immersed in language and print.
a) Whole-language theory
b) Phonics theory
c) Decoding theory
d) Symbolic language theory

Question 4:

Efficiency at the expense of innovation tends to produce adaptive experts.
a) True
b) False

Question 5:

According to Bransford et al., ________ develop a core set of competencies that they apply throughout their lives with greater and greater efficiency. In contrast, ________ are much more likely to change their core competencies and continually expand the breadth and depth of their expertise
a) frustrated novices / adaptive novices
b) adaptive novices / frustrated novices
c) adaptive experts / routine experts
d) routine experts / adaptive experts

Question 6:

Reflective practice means making changes to your teaching techniques.
a) True
b) False

Question 7:

According to Brookfield's four lenses, the ________ lens allows for an examination of our teaching from our students' perspectives.
a) autobiographical
b) learner
c) peer/colleague
d) research

Question 8:

Triangulation means examining how multiple perspectives bear on the same issue.
a) True
b) False

Question 9:

According to Bransford, Darling-Hammond, and LePage, teachers' obligations include ________.
a) providing an education that serves fundamental democratic purposes so that students can fully participate in the political, civic, and economic facets of society
b) developing excellent knowledge, skills, and dispositions
c) developing a strong sense of moral purpose so that they can provide students with a meaningful education
d) all of the above

Question 10:

A central part of being an effective teacher is making a steadfast commitment to doing one’s best to help all students succeed
a) True
b) False

Higher Education

Educational Foundations in Canada: Chapter 01