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13 Cards in this Set
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When a communitydevelops expectations about the conduct that people ought to exhibit, it isdiscussing which of the following? |
Ethics |
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Which of thefollowing is the best distinction between ethics and law? |
Law is primarily concerned withwhat people are required to do, whereas ethics is concerned with what peopleought to do |
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It is legalin American public school classrooms to study religious books, such as theBible, the Talmud, and the Koran. |
True |
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A veteranteacher is suspected of drinking on the job. The principal confronts the teacher and apprises him of the process thatwill be followed concerning his hearing, retaining an attorney and other facts. The teacher asks if he will be given the nameof his accusers. According to the lawsconcerning procedural due process, how will the principal answer? |
The accusers’ names will be provided to him
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Sandy andPatti are both tenured foreign (world) language teachers. In the Latin courses, which Sandy teaches,there has been a 30 percent decrease in student enrollment. Patti has assigned numerous papers to studentswithout ever grading them, has shown films in class week after week, and hasfrequently given the students a study hall. According to tenure law, what can administrators do regarding bothteachers’ future teaching assignments? |
Tenure does not protect the jobsof teachers who are proven to be incompetent or when schools have a reductionin force |
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In which ofthe following instances is the teacher most likely to be held liable? |
A teacher ignores two studentswho begin to wrestle playfully, and one of them breaks a wrist |
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Unlikemedical doctors who have the Hippocratic Oath, there is no single universallyaccepted code of ethics for teachers. |
True |
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Howe’s sixdimensions of professional codes of morality include… |
Knowledge and courage
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After manyyears of delay, recently the Supreme Court has made corporal punishment in ourschools unconstitutional and therefore illegal. |
False |
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Inconsidering whether a teacher should be held liable for a student injury, whichof the following facts will a judge consider most important? |
Whether the teacher had established rules forthe students
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Reduction in force is alsocalled “riffing” in slang terms.
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True |
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As a socialstudies teacher strolls through the halls during lunch, he finds a group ofstudents clustered around the two boys who are fighting. When he intervenes to stop the fighting, theteacher must also be aware of… |
The use of reasonable force |
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Willfulattack resulting in harm to a person is called… |
Battery |
