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1 .       The fact that only lawyers may practice law, only physicians may practice medicine, and only licensed teachers may teach in the public schools demonstrates that 



2 .       It seems unlikely that the number of inadequately licensed teachers will decline anytime soon, in part because the U.S. Department of Education projects that between 1999 and 2009 the United States will need how many new teachers? 



3 .       It has been suggested that professions in the United States will begin to look more and more alike. For example, doctors are accepting more regulation and school teachers 



4 .       Grant and Murray in Teaching in America (1999) argue that all of the following are likely true of teachers except 



5 .       Each of the following are key dimensions of professionalism in teaching except 



6 .       Margaret is well known as an effective teacher who has the ability to analyze her actions and "discover" appropriate strategies to motivate her students to achieve. Donald Schon has labeled this behavior as 



7 .       Teachers are growing more comfortable with taking risks and learning new roles that will lead to greater self-governance, better working conditions, and increased financial incentives. What other set of skills do the authors of the text suggest is needed to understand and lead the complex processes of educational reform? 



8 .       Which of the following is not one of the unique characteristics of mentoring for teachers? 



9 .       All of the following are mentioned as reasons for teachers to be continuous, lifelong learners except 



10 .       Membership of the National Education Association is open to all of the following groups except 



11 .       A significant difference between the NEA and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is that 



12 .       Which of the following is not one of the explicit goals of unity agreed to by the NEA and AFT "Unity Discussion Teams?" 



13 .       What were teachers describing when quoted in the text as saying "It was like the final stages of a major graduate course or a cumulative comprehensive exam or thesis," or "One of the best professional development experiences-it gave me lots of self-confidence"? 



14 .       A professional organization interested in school improvement at all levels of education is 



15 .       The principles accepted by teacher-leaders include all of the following except 



16 .       Which one of the following is not one of the vital leadership roles teachers will play in the development of multimedia software for classrooms of the twenty-first century? 



17 .       What contains descriptions of exemplary programs, the results of research and development efforts, and related information that can be used by teachers? 



18 .       Which of the following is a basic step in the action research cycle? 



19 .       Each of the following "clusters" represent areas of reform within which teachers may find opportunities to shape policies in the future except 



20 .       Which of the following is a collaborative reform network? 



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