MCD8021_Week 9.1 Professional Responsibilities

What is the major focus of Chapter 9 in the lecture on "Professional Responsibilities"?

• Classroom management

• Planning, preparing, and assessment for teaching

• Student behavior

• School administration

According to the chapter, what is the most important part of teacher planning?

• Physical preparation

• Mental planning and decision making

• Classroom decoration

• Student feedback

How should the documents resulting from teacher planning be viewed?

• As final and unchangeable

• As flexible and works in progress

• As unnecessary

• As confidential

What are pre-service teachers encouraged to conceive of?

• Planning processes as opportunities to design meaningful learning experiences alongside authentic evaluation strategies.

• Planning processes as opportunities to design fun activities.

• Planning processes as opportunities to avoid evaluations.

• Planning processes as opportunities to work alone.

What type of planning is preferable when possible?

• Collaborative planning

• Individual planning

• Spontaneous planning

• Unstructured planning

What event propelled and accelerated us into this world faster than we ever believed possible?

• COVID19

• World War II

• The Industrial Revolution

• The invention of the internet

What is an important component of every successful classroom learning community?

• Effective planning and assessment

• Only teaching

• Only student participation

• Only exams

What should teachers balance when making judgments for their class?

• What is expected and what is required for the particular learners

• Only what is expected

• Only what is required

• What is easiest for the teacher

Who should be involved in the planning of lessons and units where feasible?

• Students

• Only teachers

• Parents

• Principals

What opportunities should students be given wherever possible?

• To make choices, reflect on the direction of the learning, and contribute to the planning of future work

• To only listen to the teacher

• To only do homework

• To only take exams