Chapter 8

Question 1

The ability to mentally get inside the skin of another person

Answer 1

empathy

Question 2

Five characteristics of an ethical teacher

Answer 2

Empathy
Knowledge
Reasoning
Courage
Interpersonal Skills

Question 3

in loco parentis

Answer 3

The responsibility of the teacher to function in the place of the parent when a student is in school

Question 4

The deliberative process that protects a person’s constitutional right to receive fair and equal protection under the law.

Answer 4

due process

Question 5

An agreement between a school district and a teacher outlining the conditions and terms of work.

Answer 5

Continuing contract

Question 6

The freedom of teachers to teach about an issue or to use a source in teaching without fear of penalty, reprisal, or harassment

Answer 6

academic freedom

Question 7

The theory about the origins of life that suggests that the complexity of life is too great to be accounted for by standard evolutionary and that an intelligence created or guided its development

Answer 7

intelligent design theory

Question 8

Shorthand name for the family educational rights and privacy act, which outlines who may and may not have access to a student’s records

Answer 8

Buckly amendment