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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Seeing the Student.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who underlined the importance of identity and broadening group affiliation with adolescents?
(a) Sigmund Freud.
(b) Erik Erikson.
(c) Abraham Maslow.
(d) Jean Piaget.

2. What does Ayers cite is the main reason students drop out?
(a) Too much homework.
(b) Saw no value in educaiton.
(c) Not enough homework.
(d) No adult cared if they stayed.

3. What does Ayers say lesson plans typically begin with?
(a) With lesson objectives.
(b) With an anticipatory set.
(c) With behavioral objectives.
(d) With state and national standards.

4. Which child's father was active in the civil rights movement?
(a) Jose's father.
(b) Kelyn's father.
(c) Darlene's father.
(d) Duke's father.

5. Who documented her classroom experiences through an impressive series of books?
(a) Vivian Gussin Paley.
(b) Kevin Sweeney.
(c) Hannah Arendt.
(d) Maxine Greene.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ayers, what is the goal when kids become the "crowd or herd"?

2. Who argued that "the teacher who wishes to be more functionary cannot escape the value problem or the difficult matter of moral choice"?

3. Who believed that "Education was the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume the responsibility for it"?

4. What does Ayers say that people must have to promote change in the educational system?

5. What high school did Ayers's brother teach English?

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