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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. According to Ashton-Warner, who provided the beer for the three-day party?
2. To what institution did Ashton-Warner compare teaching?
3. What did Professor Baillie say killed education?
4. What is a "marae?"
5. How many words had Tame learned, according to the chart in "Post Holiday Notes"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the behavior of the children differ in the new classrooms compared to when Ashton-Warner taught at the school?
2. Why did Ashton-Warner criticize herself for the way she handled Matawhero's defiance after he hit Gordon?
3. What are the two worst enemies of teaching?
4. What was Ashton-Warner's reaction to the traditional Maori music performed by the children under the direction of Kahu?
5. How did sentence length differ between whites and Maoris?
6. Describe the new teacher encountered by Ashton-Warner as she explores the renovated school.
7. In "Post Holiday Notes," what word did Ashton-Warner use to represent the key instinct of fear to her students?
8. Why was it important to offer only present tense verbs to new readers?
9. What were the vocabulary words like in the new classroom?
10. Why did Ashton-Warner focus on teaching her Maori students nouns at first?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Maori children in Ashton-Warner's classroom encountered racism from the majority white population in New Zealand. How did these attitudes affect the students at home and in the community? How did it affect them in the classroom? Did having a white teacher have an impact on them, even if she was open and accepting of them? How do societal assumptions and expectations impact a child's ability to perform in school? Do children internalize the prejudices they encounter or are they able to escape them in the classroom? How do teachers deal with the impact these prejudices may have on their students? Is it possible to fully counter them in school?
Essay Topic 2
Ashton-Warner wrote about the "Golden Section" in education and how she incorporated nature into the classroom. What are the benefits of teaching about nature in the classroom? How does nature provide insights into other areas of the curriculum? Ashton-Warner's classroom was somewhat unique in that the nature was right outside and sometimes even entered the classroom. How do teachers living in more urban environments bring nature into the classroom? Is it possible for all teachers to take their students out into actual natural settings or can there be benefits to bringing natural lessons into the physical classroom? How does the natural world speak to children and how can that be harnessed?
Essay Topic 3
Ashton-Warner's book, "Teacher," was extremely influential and continues to be taught in schools of education today. Research if and how her approach to organic teaching has influenced the classrooms of today. How is organic teaching taught? Is it ever fully implemented or was it ultimately unique to a handle of schools and classrooms? Does today's push for school accountability and standardized testing make it more difficult to incorporate organic learning as practiced by Ashton-Warner? Or does organic teaching provide a promising way out of today's difficulties in the educational system?
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