Practice Questions--- Chapter 10
1. The most important common theme underlying the professionalization movements of Horace Mann's time was
a. the need to raise teacher's salaries
b. the intention to improve schooling
c. both of the above
2. Horace Mann's normal schools helped to
a. pull together a specialized body of teaching knowledge
b. make teaching a more female-occupied profession
c. all of the above
3. As the normal school era drew to an end, the professionalization of teaching and the professionalization of school administrators
a. created tension regarding the autonomy of teachers
b. elevated the status of colleges of education
c. clearly improved the quality of teaching
4. In Tomorrow's Teachers, the Holmes Group sought to
a. reject comparisons among teaching and medicine and law
b. improve the quality of schooling by improving the education of teachers
c. both of the above
5. Although teaching does not seem to compare well to other professions in many aspects, it may still qualify as a profession because
a. it embodies a commitment to ethical standards
b. it attracts college students who are academically stronger than most
other college students
c. all of the above
6. Critics of career ladders in teaching are concerned
a. that professional autonomy would be reserved only for those at the
top of the career ladder
b. b. that the most successful teachers would spend the least time in the
classroom
c. all of the above
7. Teacher professionalization in the Common School era resembled the professionalization movement today in that
a. it sought to improve student learning in public schools
b. it sought to improve the education of teachers
c. c. both of these
8. By the middle of the 20th century, the development of four-year degree programs instead of two-year normal schools in teacher education
a. had elevated the status of teaching among other professions
b. had significantly elevated teacher salaries
c. was not accompanied by an increase in teacher autonomy in schools
9. Comparing teaching to other professions reveals that
a. teaching is clearly a profession, but it has distinctive characteristics
that make it similar to other professions in some respects, dissimilar in
others
b. teaching will never be a profession as long as most of its members are
female
c. NEITHER of these two
10. When considering the criteria that make any occupation a profession, one should remember that
a. medicine and law are the only true professions
b. there is no definitive set of characteristics that fit all professions
c. it does little good to call something a profession if the salaries are
lower than blue-collar salaries