Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 139 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 139 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what point in her school career did Hooks' personal experience take place?

2. How did Hooks say her work is often received by its readers?

3. According to Hooks, students many times believe that learning is what?

4. Which of the following did Hooks say is a feminist statement?

5. What example did Hooks give of something a woman has done to build a solid female intellectual tradition ?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the two possible reasons mentioned in Chapter 4 that explain why "bell hooks" did not capitalize her pseudonym?

2. What role did Hooks say student participation plays in the education process?

3. What did Hooks say is the other side to creating high standards of theoretical work that exclude certain groups?

4. What examples did Hooks give in Chapter 6 about the signs of success for a man?

5. What did Hooks say about the effect of the feminist theory?

6. What was the overall theme of "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" up to Chapter 6?

7. What description of her past did Hooks give in Chapter 5 that enabled the reader to understand her view of the patriarchal system?

8. In Chapter 1, what did Hooks say about the Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh?

9. What did Hooks say about the political nature of education?

10. In terms of the types of job opportunities available for poor people, what was Hooks' view?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Hooks feel about the way her theoretical works are assessed? Are they assessed fairly or unfairly? How did she feel about the way other minorities' works are evaluated? Who set the standard for how theoretical works are judged? Did she think there should be a change to how the standard is set?

Essay Topic 2

What was Hooks' experience with using liberating teaching methods in the classroom as opposed to traditional teaching methods? How did her students respond to the use of both methods?

Essay Topic 3

What did Hooks say about women who only participate in the Women's Studies or feminist theory aspects of education? What of their minds? Is this practice different from women's experiences in everyday life? How?

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