首页
财务会计
医药卫生
金融经济
考公考编
外语考试
学历提升
职称考试
建筑工程
IT考试
其他
登录
职称考试
Passage 2 Teacher education provided by U.S. colleges and universities has b...
Passage 2 Teacher education provided by U.S. colleges and universities has b...
admin
2020-12-24
24
问题
Passage 2
Teacher education provided by U.S. colleges and universities has been routinely criticized sinceits inception in the early nineteenth century, sometimes deservedly. These programs, likenon-university programs, are uneven in quality and can be improved. What makes today′ s criticismsdifferent is an aggressive effort by advocacy groups, and self-proclaimed educational entrepreneursto deregulate the preparation of teachers, and to expand independent, alternative routes intoteaching.
This effort to "disrupt" the field of teacher preparation in the United States has gainedconsiderable momentum and legitimacy, with venture capitalists, philanthropy, and the U.S.
Department of Education all providing sponsorship and substantial funding.
The strength of this effort is that the United States may quickly seek to dismantle its universitysystem and replace much of it with independent, private programs. The resulting system of teacherpreparation may differ dramatically in its government, structure, content, and processes movingaway from its current location alongside legal, medical, and other professional preparation that pairsacademic degrees with professional training.
Throughout the nation, states are reporting teacher shortages in particular subject areas andgeographical locations, and several states have either passed legislation to lower the standards forbecoming a teacher or, like the state of Washington, have looked toward expanding the number ofteacher education providers to try to fill teaching vacancies. The federal government has contributedto the push to lower standards for becoming a teacher with the Teacher Preparation Academy
provision in the new K-12 education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act, which encourages statesto expand the number of independent programs not associated with colleges and universities.
Because of the increasing tuition rates, a consequence in part, of cuts in funding to publicuniversities that continue to educate most U.S. teachers, enrollments in college and universityteacher education programs have declined in many parts of the country. Independent teachereducation programs are being viewed by some as an important part of the solution in staffing thenation′s classrooms and addressing our serious and enduring problems in education inequities.
Additionally, advocacy groups, philanthropists, and so-called education entrepreneurs are workingaggressively to expand these independent alternative routes into teaching.
Given the seriousness of the teacher shortage problem in the United States and the substantialmedia attention that has been given to independent teacher education programs as the solution toteacher shortages and education inequities, policy makers should very carefully examine theevidence that exists about the nature and impact of these relatively new programs that are rapidlyexpanding while university teacher education enrollments decline.
Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word"momentum" inParagraph 2
选项
A.Moment.
B.Motive.
C.Achievement.
D.Incentive.
答案
D
解析
词义题。momentum意为“势头,动力,冲力”。根据momentum后面的句子“…withventure capitalists,philanthropy,and the U.S.Department of Education all providing sponsorship and substantialfunding”可知,风险资本家、慈善事业及教育部提供的资金援助推动了美国在师资培养领域所做的努力。moment“时刻”,motive“动机”.achievement“成就,成绩”,incentive“动机,刺激”。故选D。
转载请注明原文地址:https://ti.zuoweng.com/ti/SNT8KKKQ
相关试题推荐
Theteacher__________hislessonwithpictures.A.illustratedB.explainedC.ill
Theteachergivesstudents2minutestoskimatext,andwhentimeisup,he...
Teacherscanapplyallofthefollowingmethodstoteachstressexcept_______...
Passage2 Americanstodaydon′tplaceaveryhighvalueonintellect.Ourhe...
Passage2 Americansdon’tliketolosewars.Ofcourse,alotdependsonhowy...
Passage2 Americansdon’tliketolosewars.Ofcourse,alotdependsonhowy...
Passage2 Americansdon’tliketolosewars.Ofcourse,alotdependsonhowy...
Whenstudentslearn"apple,orange",theteachergivesstudentsanotherwor...A.
Whatistheteacherdoingintermsoferrorcorrection T:Makeasentencewi...
Passage2 Ofallthecomponentsofagoodnight′ssleep,dreamsseemtobe...
随机试题
甲向乙珠宝商购买白金钻戒2枚,标签标明该钻石为天然钻石,买回后经鉴定为人造钻石。
、投资者决策的影响因素中,个人背景包括( )。 Ⅰ.受教育程度 Ⅱ.国家经济
以人民币标明面值、以外币认购和进行交易、专供外国和我国香港、澳门、台湾地区的投资
柴油发电机组燃油管的涂漆颜色为()。
一方当事人提出协商要求后,另一方应积极回应。()日内不做回应的,被视为不愿协商。
小王和他哥哥、姐姐、妹妹站成一排照相,有多少种不同的站法?()
某房地产开发企业以出让方式取得一宗土地的开发经营权,土地出让年限50年。根据土地
洋务运动是清朝政府内的洋务派在全国各地掀起的“师夷长技以自强”的改良运动,这次运动引进了西方近代科技,培养了一批科技人才,为中国迈入现代化奠定了一定基础。...
骨关节炎最常累及的外周关节是:A.远端指间关节、腕关节、膝关节B.腕关节、膝关节、髋关节C.远端指间关节、腕关节、肘关节D.远端指间关节、膝关节、髋关节
治疗房颤抗心衰药物是()A:呋塞米B:地高辛C:依那普利D:米力农E:多巴酚丁胺