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American Literature (Post Modernism and Contemporary Periods)

Content: people observe life as the media presents it, rather than experiencing life directly popular culture saturates peoples lives absurdity and coincidence Genre/Style: mixing of fantasy with nonfiction; blurs lines of reality for reader no heroes concern with individual in isolation detached, unemotional usually humorless narratives metafiction present tense magic realism Effect: erodes distinctions between classes of people insists that values are not permanent but only local or historical Historical Context: post-World War II prosperity media culture interprets values Writers: Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird Saul Bellow The Adventures of Augie March and Herzog J.D. Salinger The Catcher in the Rye ; Nine Stories Sylvia Plath The Bell Jar Norman Mailer The Naked and the Dead (1948) Joseph Heller Catch-22 (1961) Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) Walker Percy The Moviegoer (1962)

CONTEMPORARY PERIOD (continuation of Postmodernism) 1980s-Present Content: identity politics people learning to cope with problems through communication peoples sense of identity is shaped by cultural and gender attitudes emergence of ethnic writers and women writers Style: narratives: both fiction and nonfiction anti-heroes concern with connections between people emotion-provoking humorous irony storytelling emphasized autobiographical essays Effect: too soon to tell Historical Context: people beginning a new century and a new millennium media culture interprets values Writers: John Updike Terrorist (2006) Zadie Smith White Teeth (2000) Philip Roth The Plot Against America (2005); Everyman (2006) Toni Morrison Beloved (1987) David Mitchell Ghostwritten (1999);Cloud Atlas (2004); number9dream (2001) Ian McEwan First Love, Last Rites (1976); Atonement (2002); Saturday (2005) Jonathan Franzen The Corrections (2001); The Discomfort Zone (2006) Isabel Allende House of Spirits (1982) Don DeLillo White Noise (1985) Michael Chabon The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay(2000) Denis Johnson Tree of Smoke (2007)

(LET) LICENSE EXAMINATION FOR TEACHERSPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION Set A 1. Which is one role of play in the pre-school and early childhood years? A. Develops competitive spirit. B. Separates reality from fantasy. C. Increases imagination due to expanding knowledge and emotional range. D. Develops the upper and lower limbs. 2. Student Z does not study at all but when the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) comes, before he takes theLET, he spends one hour or more praying for a miracle, i.e. to pass the exam. Which attitude towards religion or God isdisplayed? A. Religion as fake B. Religion as magic C. Religion as authentic D. Religion as real 3. As a teacher, you are a rationalist. Which among these will be your guiding principle? A. I must teach the child that we can never have real knowledge of anything. B. I must teAch the child to develop his mental powers to the full. C. I must teach the child so he is assured of heaven .D. I must teach the child every knowledge, skill, and value that he needs for a better future. 4. All men are pretty much alike. It is only by custom that they are set apart, said one Oriental philosopher. Where can thisthought be most inspiring? A. In a multi-cultural group of learners B. In multi-cultural and heterogeneous groups of learners and indigenous peoples' group C. In a class composed of indigenous peoples D. In heterogeneous class of learners 5. Teacher A discovered that his pupils are very good in dramatizing. Which tool must have helped him discover his pupils' strength? A. Portfolio assessment

B. Performance test C. Journal entry D. Paper-and-pencil test 6. NSAT and NEAT results are interpreted against set mastery level. This means that NSAT and NEAT fall under __________. A. intelligence test B. aptitude test C. criterion-referenced test D. norm-referenced test 7. In a social studies class, Teacher I presents a morally ambiguous situation and asks his students what they would do. Onwhose theory is Teacher I's technique based? A. Kohlberg B. Bandura C. Piaget D. Bruner 8. Which is a sound classroom management practice? A. Avoid establishing routines B. Establish routines for all daily needs and tasks. C. Apply rules and policies on a case to case basis. D. Apply reactive approach to discipline. 9. A sixth grade twelve-year old boy comes from a dysfunctional family and has been abused and neglected. He has beento two orphanages and three different elementary schools. The student can decode on the second grade level, but he cancomprehend orally material at the fourth or fifth grade level. The most probable cause/s of this student's reading problemis/are __________. A. emotional factors B. poor teaching C. neurological factors D. immaturity

10. Teacher U teaches to his pupils that pleasure is not the highest good. Teacher's teaching is against what philosophy? A. Realism B. Hedonism C. Epicureanism D. Empiricism1 1. With which goals of educational institutions as provided for by the Constitution is the development of work skillsaligned? A. To develop moral character B. To teach the duties of citizenship C. To inculcate love of country D. To develop vocational efficiency 12. Direct instruction is for facts, rules, and actions as indirect instruction is for __________, __________, __________. A. hypotheses, verified data and conclusions B. concepts, patterns and abstractions C. concepts, processes and generalizations D. guesses, data and conclusions1 3. To elicit more student's response, Teacher G made use of covert responses. Which one did she NOT do? A. She had the students write their response privately. B. She showed the correct answers on the overhead after the students have written their responses. C. She had the students write their responses privately then called each of them. D. She refrained from judging on the student's responses.

14. What should you do if a parent who is concerned about a grade his child received compared to another student's grade,demands to see both students' grades?

A. Refuse to show either record. B. Show both records to him. C. Refuse to show any record without expressing permission from principal. D. Show only his child's records. 15. John Watson said:Men are built not born.What does this statement point to? A. The ineffectiveness of training on a person's development. B. The effect of environmental stimulation on a person's development. C. The absence of genetic influence on a person's development D. The effect of heredity. 16. A guest speaker in one graduation rites told his audience: "Reminder, you are what you choose to be." The guestspeaker is more of a/an __________. A. realistic B. pragmatist C. idealist D. existentialist 17. The best way for a guidance counselor to begin to develop study skills and habits in underachieving student would beto __________. A. have these underachieving students observe the study habits of excelling students B. encourage students to talk about study habits from their own experiences C. have them view film strips about various study approaches D. give out a list of effective study approaches

18. Principal C shares this thought with his teachers:Subject matter should help students understand and appreciatethemselves as unique individuals who accept complete responsibility for their thoughts, feelings, and actions.From which philosophy is this thought based? A. Perennialism B. Essentialism

C. Existentialism D. Progressivism 19. The search for related literature by accessing several databases by the use of a telephone line to connect a computer library with other computers that have database is termed __________. A. compact disc search B. manual search C. on-line search D. computer search

20. Teacher W wants to review and check on the lesson of the previous day? Which one will be most reliable? A. Having students identify difficult homework problems .B. Having students correct each other's work. C. Sampling the understanding of a few students. D. Explicitly reviewing the task-relevant information necessary for the day's lesson. 21. During the Spanish period, what was/were the medium/media of instruction in schools? A. The Vernacular B. English C. Spanish D. Spanish and the Vernacular 22. With indirect instruction in mind, which does NOT belong to the group? A. Problem solving B. Lecture-recitation C. Inductive reasoning D. Discovery 23. I combined several subject areas in order to focus on a single concept for inter-disciplinary teaching. Whichstrategy/method did I use? A. Problem-entered learning B. Thematic instruction

C. Reading-writing activity D. Unit method 24. Read the following then answer the questionTEACHER: IN WHAT WAYS OTHER THAN THE PERIODIC TABLE MIGHT WE PREDICT THEUNDISCOVERED ELEMENTS?BOBBY: WE COULD GOTO THE MOON AND SEE IF THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS THERE WE DON'THAVE.BETTY: WE COULD DIG DOWN INTO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH AND SEE IF WE FIND ANY OF THEMISSING ELEMENTS.RICKY: WE COULD STUDY DEBRIS FROM THE METEORITES IF WE CAN FIND ANY.TEACHER: THOSE ARE ALL GOOD ANSWERS. BUT WHAT IF THOSE EXCURSIONS TO THE MOON, TO THECENTER OF THE EARTH, OR TO FIND METEORITES WERE TOO COSTLY AND TIME CONSUMING? HOWMIGHT WE USE THE ELEMENTS WE ALREADY HAVE HERE ON EARTH TO FIND SOME NEW ONES? Question: The Teacher's questions in the above exchange are examples of __________ questions. A. fact B. concept C. direct D. closed

25. In his second item analysis, Teacher H found out that more from the lower group got the test item # 6 correctly. Thismeans that the test item __________. A. has a negative discriminating power B. has a lower validity C. has a positive discriminating power D. has a high reability 26. For maximum interaction, a teacher ought to avoid __________ questions.A. informationalB. rhetorical C. leading D. divergent27. The teacher's first task in the selection of media in teaching is to determine the ______.A. choice of the studentsB. availability of the media C. objectives of the lesson D. technique to be used28. Principal B tells her teachers that training in the humanities is most important. To which educational philosophy doeshe adhere? A. Existentialism B. Perennialism C. Progressivism

D. Essentialism 29. Who among the following needs less verbal counseling but needs more concrete and operational forms of assistance?The child who __________. A. has mental retardation B. has attention-deficit disorder C. has learning disability D. has conduct disorder 30. After giving an input on a good paragraph, Teacher W asks her students to rate a given paragraph along the elementsof a good paragraph. The students' task is in level of __________ A. application B. analysis C. evaluation D. synthesis

31. In the Preamble of the Code of Ethics of Professional Teachers, which is NOT said of teachers? A. LET passers B. Duly licensed professionals C. Possess dignity and reputation D. With high-moral values as well as technical and professional competence

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